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Continental Finance Company, LLC, et al. v. Tiffany Johnson, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-2047, 23-2049 · judgment March 11, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The Fourth Circuit refused to compel arbitration because it applied a rule of Maryland law that requires arbitration provisions, unlike any other contractual term, to contain their own unique exchange of consideration. The question presented is: Does the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 2, permit courts to apply a heightened consideration standard solely to contractual arbitration provisions?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Edmund Ramsay Hirschfeld
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
For respondent
Richard S. Gordon
Gordon, Wolf & Carney Chtd.
Case
Conference history
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Proceedings
- May 07 2026Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
- May 05 2026Joint stipulation to dismiss the petition pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed by petitioners Continental Finance Company, LLC, et al.
- Feb 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended, with petitioners' consent, to and including May 15, 2026.
- Feb 02 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2026 to May 15, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 04 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 3, 2026.
- Nov 03 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2025 to February 3, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 08 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 5, 2025.
- Jul 28 2025Letter withdrawing the waiver of right to respond and motion to extend the time to file a response from August 11, 2025 to November 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 10 2025Waiver of right of respondents Tiffany Johnson, et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 07 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 11, 2025)