Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-309	7th Cir.	Mar 28, 2022	Jun 6, 2022	8-0	Thomas	OT 2021

Holding: Airplane cargo loaders and ramp supervisors who, like petitioner Latrice Saxon, frequently load and unload airplane cargo belong to a "class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce" exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act's coverage.

Judgment: Affirmed, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on June 6, 2022. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Cargo loaders are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, but important questions remain (Charlotte Garden, June 7, 2022)
Announcement of orders and opinions for Monday, June 6 (complete) (Angie Gou, June 6, 2022)
Airline workers who load and unload luggage are exempt from Federal Arbitration Act (Charlotte Garden, June 6, 2022)
Airport ramp agents are probably excluded from the Federal Arbitration Act. But what about ticket agents and astronauts? (Charlotte Garden, March 30, 2022)
Are airline cargo loaders engaged in interstate commerce? The answer has high stakes for forced arbitration. (Charlotte Garden, March 25, 2022)
Court sets quiet March argument calendar (Amy Howe, January 28, 2022)
Justices agree to take up new cases on arbitration issues and international child custody (Amy Howe, December 10, 2021)
International child custody, arbitration, dormant commerce clause, and overtime (John Elwood, December 8, 2021)
Military jurisdiction and two cases on arbitration and wage disputes (Andrew Hamm, September 17, 2021)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/27/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2021)
09/08/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
09/09/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 1, 2021.
09/27/2021	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
09/30/2021	Brief amicus curiae of Airlines for America filed.
11/01/2021	Brief of respondent Latrice Saxon in opposition filed.
11/15/2021	Reply of petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. filed. (Distributed)
11/16/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
12/06/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
12/10/2021	Petition GRANTED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
01/18/2022	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Southwest Airlines Co.
01/24/2022	Brief of petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. filed.
01/26/2022	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit.
01/26/2022	The record from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
01/28/2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, March 28, 2022.
01/28/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
01/31/2022	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; National Association of Manufacturers filed.
01/31/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Lyft, Inc. filed.
01/31/2022	Brief amici curiae of Airlines for America filed.
01/31/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Uber Technologies, Inc. filed.
01/31/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Amazon.com, Inc. filed.
02/11/2022	CIRCULATED
02/22/2022	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
02/22/2022	Motion for an extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
02/22/2022	Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits is granted and the time is extended to and including February 24, 2022.
02/24/2022	Brief of respondent Latrice Saxon filed. (Distributed)
03/01/2022	Brief amicus curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
03/02/2022	Amicus brief of Historians not accepted for filing. (March 02, 2022)
03/02/2022	Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed)
03/02/2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. (Distributed)
03/02/2022	Brief amici curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators and National Association of Railroad Referees filed (3/10/2020). (Distributed)
03/03/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed. (Distributed)
03/03/2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)
03/03/2022	Brief amici curiae of State of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/17/2022	Reply of petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. filed. (Distributed)
03/28/2022	Argued. For petitioner: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Jennifer D. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal.
06/06/2022	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Barrett, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
07/08/2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED