Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
23-51	2nd Cir.	Feb 20, 2024	Apr 12, 2024	9-0	Roberts	OT 2023

Holding: A transportation worker need not work in the transportation industry to be exempt from coverage under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on April 12, 2024.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/09/2023	Application (22A984) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 16, 2023 to June 15, 2023, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
05/11/2023	Application (22A984) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until June 15, 2023.
06/02/2023	Application (22A984) to extend further the time from June 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
06/08/2023	Application (22A984) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 17, 2023.
07/17/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)
08/21/2023	Brief of respondents LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
09/05/2023	Reply of petitioners Neal Bissonnette, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/06/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
09/29/2023	Petition GRANTED.
11/13/2023	Brief of petitioners Neal Bissonnette, et al. filed.
11/13/2023	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost received.)
11/15/2023	Brief amici curiae of National Employment Law Project, et al. filed.
11/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
11/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed.
11/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed.
11/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
11/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.
12/13/2023	Brief of respondents LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al. filed.
12/18/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Independent Bakers Association filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher, et al. filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The California Employment Law Council filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Amazon.com, Inc. filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, et al. filed.
12/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Restaurant Law Center filed.
01/05/2024	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
01/05/2024	Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
01/09/2024	Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk.
01/11/2024	CIRCULATED.
01/12/2024	Reply of petitioners Neal Bissonnette, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2024	Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
02/20/2024	Argued. For petitioners: Jennifer D. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal. For respondents: Traci L. Lovitt, New York, N. Y.
04/12/2024	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
05/14/2024	Judgment Issued.