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Laurence Bonday v. Nalco Company LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-13546 · judgment July 10, 2025
Dismissed · April 16, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Under 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4), may a court independently, and without deference to the arbitrator’s determination, decide what claims are presented in a party’s arbitral pleadings and filings?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Timothy Lanier Meyer
Duke University School of Law
For respondent
Valerie L. Hooker
Jackson Lewis, P.C.
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 16 2026Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
- Apr 10 2026Agreement to dismiss the petition pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed by petitioner Laurence Bonday.
- Feb 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 14, 2026.
- Jan 29 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 13, 2026 to April 14, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 14 2026Response Requested. (Due February 13, 2026)
- Jan 07 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
- Dec 29 2025Waiver of right of respondent Nalco Company, LLC to respond filed.
- Nov 26 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)