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Patrice Honeycutt v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B331199 · judgment November 18, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a court may affirm an arbitration award after recognizing that it is unclear whether federal or state law governs the standard of review, but without resolving which law applies.
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Whether a court may reject claims of arbitrator partiality and nondisclosure without applying the objective appearance-of-bias standard required by Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co., 393 U.S. 145 (1968).
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Whether due process permits affirmance where material information bearing on adjudicative neutrality appears on the record during the proceedings but is not addressed.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Twila White
Law Offices of Twila S. White
For respondent
Jeffrey A. Wortman
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 15 2026Waiver of right of respondent JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. to respond filed.
- May 12 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 22, 2026)