Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines, SCOTUS

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument on Arbitration Exemption for Food Delivery Drivers

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/21/2024

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Feb. 20, 2024, on whether food distributors are exempt from arbitration under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), governing "contracts of employment of seamen,...more

Supreme Court Sends Federal Arbitration Act Interstate Commerce Exemption Issue Back to Ninth Circuit

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/18/2022

On October 17, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated a Ninth Circuit ruling addressing the scope of the “transportation worker” exemption from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The FAA generally...more

SCOTUS Nixes Forced Arbitration Clause in Southwest Employment Contract of Cargo Ramp Supervisor

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/21/2022

In a unanimous 8-0 decision, in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) held that airline cargo ramp supervisors that assist with loading and unloading cargo constitute a class of workers engaged in...more

FAA’s Transportation Worker Exception Covers Airline Ramp Agents, U.S. Supreme Court Holds

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/8/2022

Individuals employed as ramp workers who frequently handle cargo for an airline are “transportation workers” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the U.S. Supreme Court has held. Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, No....more

Supreme Court Considers Scope of FAA’s Transportation Worker Exemption

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/6/2022

Do an airline’s ramp workers qualify as “transportation workers” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)? This question is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (No. 21-309), a...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Whether Airline Ramp Worker Meets FAA Transportation Worker Exemption

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/14/2021

Do an airline’s ramp workers qualify as “transportation workers” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)? The U.S. Supreme Court has granted an airline’s petition for review to resolve this question. Southwest...more