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Amazon.com Inc. v. Rittmann

Petition for certiorari denied on February 22, 2021
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-622 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issue: Whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce prevents the act’s application to local transportation workers who, as a class, are not engaged to transport goods or passengers across state or national boundaries.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 04 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 9, 2020)
Nov 20 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 9, 2020 to January 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 23 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 13, 2021.
Dec 09 2020Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Dec 09 2020Brief amici curiae of Civil Justice Association of California, et al. filed.
Jan 13 2021Brief of respondents Bernadean Rittmann,et al. in opposition filed.
Jan 14 2021Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from January 27, 2021 to February 3, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 15 2021Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until February 3, 2021 granted.
Feb 02 2021Reply of petitioners Amazon.com, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 03 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Feb 22 2021Petition DENIED.