Supreme Court issues back-to-back unanimous decisions - BERITAJA

The Supreme Court of the United States precocious issued 2 unanimous rulings that could importantly impact the shipping and employment industries, clarifying the scope of national arbitration rule and limiting national protections for freight brokers.

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties

The tribunal ruled national judges could enforce arbitration awards aft pausing cases nether the Federal Arbitration Act. By: MEGA

In Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, the tribunal ruled that national courts retain authority to enforce arbitration awards aft pausing litigation nether the Federal Arbitration Act. The determination centered connected Adrian Jules, a erstwhile worker of the Chateau Marmont Hotel successful Los Angeles, who sued his employer alleging favoritism aft his employment ended successful March 2020.

Before the suit proceeded, the edifice requested arbitration based connected an statement Jules had signed earlier starting work. A territory tribunal stayed the lawsuit pending arbitration, wherever Jules yet lost. His employer later sought to corroborate the arbitration grant successful national court, prompting Jules to reason that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction because the confirmation mobility itself did not raise a national question.

Writing for the unanimous court, Sonia Sotomayor rejected that argument.

“A national tribunal pinch jurisdiction to enactment claims pending arbitration nether §3 of the FAA has the aforesaid jurisdiction to resoluteness motions to corroborate aliases vacate a resulting arbitral award. The judgement of the Court of Appeals, accordingly, is affirmed,” Sotomayor wrote.

Anne Voigts, an lawyer representing the respondents, welcomed the ruling.

“We are pleased pinch the Supreme Court’s determination ending this matter definitively successful our favor,” Voigts told Newsweek.

Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC

The tribunal said national rule does not artifact negligent-hiring lawsuits against freight brokers. By: MEGA

In a abstracted unanimous determination for Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, the tribunal ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not artifact authorities negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers.

The lawsuit progressive Shawn Montgomery, who was injured successful a clang involving a motortruck driven by Yosniel Varela-Mojena while hauling integrative done Illinois. Montgomery sued aggregate parties, including logistics institution C.H. Robinson Worldwide, alleging the agent negligently hired some the driver and the centrifugal bearer Caribe Transport.

Montgomery’s attorneys based on the driver had antecedently been cited for sloppy driving and that the bearer had been progressive successful aggregate crashes wrong months earlier the incident. Lower courts had ruled the declare was preempted by national law, but the Supreme Court reversed those decisions.

Writing for the court, Amy Coney Barrett concluded that “even if the FAAAA different preempts Montgomery’s negligent hiring declare against C.H. Robinson, the information objection saves it,” according to the sentiment syllabus.