| No. 21-309 | |
| Title: | Southwest Airlines Co., Petitioner v. Latrice Saxon |
| Docketed: | August 31, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-3226) |
| Decision Date: | March 31, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 27 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2021) |
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| Sep 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Sep 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 1, 2021. |
| Sep 27 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Sep 30 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Airlines for America filed. |
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| Nov 01 2021 | Brief of respondent Latrice Saxon in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 15 2021 | Reply of petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 16 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021. |
| Dec 06 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021. |
| Dec 10 2021 | Petition GRANTED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| Jan 18 2022 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. |
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| Jan 24 2022 | Brief of petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. filed. |
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| Jan 26 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit. |
| Jan 26 2022 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Jan 28 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, March 28, 2022. |
| Jan 28 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Jan 31 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; National Association of Manufacturers filed. |
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| Jan 31 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Lyft, Inc. filed. |
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| Jan 31 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Airlines for America filed. |
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| Jan 31 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Uber Technologies, Inc. filed. |
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| Jan 31 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Amazon.com, Inc. filed. |
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| Feb 11 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 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. |
| Feb 22 2022 | Motion for an extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed. |
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| Feb 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. |
| Feb 24 2022 | Brief of respondent Latrice Saxon filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 01 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2022 | Amicus brief of Historians not accepted for filing. (March 02, 2022) |
| Mar 02 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators and National Association of Railroad Referees filed (3/10/2020). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amici curiae of State of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 17 2022 | Reply of petitioner Southwest Airlines Co. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 28 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Jennifer D. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal. |
| Jun 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. |
| Jul 08 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Shay Dvoretzky Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005 shay.dvoretzky@skadden.com | 202-371-7370 |
| Party name: Southwest Airlines Co. | ||
| Melissa Anne Siebert | Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 111 South Wacker Drive, Suite 4700 Chicago, IL 60606 masiebert@shb.com | 312-704-7700 |
| Party name: Southwest Airlines Co. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Jennifer Dale Bennett Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler, PLLC 100 Pine Street, Suite 1250 San Francisco, CA 94111 jennifer@guptawessler.com | (415) 573-0336 |
| Party name: Latrice Saxon | ||
| Other | ||
| Cory L. Andrews Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 candrews@wlf.org | (202) 588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Ishan Kharshedji Bhabha Counsel of Record | Jenner and Block LLP 1099 New York Ave NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 IBhabha@jenner.com | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: Airlines for America | ||
| James B. Coppess Counsel of Record | 815 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 jcoppess@aflcio.org | 202-637-5337 |
| Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations | ||
| Michael L. Foreman Counsel of Record | Penn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic 329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118 University Park, PA 16802 mlf25@psu.edu | 814-865-3832 |
| Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association | ||
| Elaine Janet Goldenberg Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 500E Washington, DC 20001-5369 elaine.goldenberg@mto.com | 202-220-1114 |
| Party name: Lyft, Inc. | ||
| Theane Evangelis Kapur Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 333 South Grand Avenue 48th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 tevangelis@gibsondunn.com | (213) 229-7000 |
| Party name: Uber Technologies, Inc. | ||
| Michael Edward Kenneally Jr. Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 michael.kenneally@morganlewis.com | (202) 739-3000 |
| Party name: Amazon.com, Inc. | ||
| John J. Korzen Counsel of Record | Wake Forest University School of Law Appellate Adv PO Box 7206 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 korzenjj@wfu.edu | 3367585832 |
| Party name: Public Justice | ||
| Jane Elinor Notz Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 Jane.Notz@ilag.gov | 312-814-5376 |
| Party name: State of Illinois | ||
| Sachin Sharadkumar Pandya Counsel of Record | University of Connecticut School of Law 65 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105 sachin.pandya@uconn.edu | 8605705169 |
| Party name: Historians | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3220 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; National Association of Manufacturers | ||
| Gerson H. Smoger Counsel of Record | 13250 Branch View Lane Dallas, TX 75234 gerson@texasinjurylaw.com | 9722435297 |
| Party name: American Association for Justice | ||
| Barry Marc Winograd Counsel of Record | Arbitrator & Mediator 875-A Island Dr., No. 144 Alameda, CA 94502 winmedarb@aol.com | (510) 273-8755 |
| Party name: National Academy of Arbitrators and National Association of Railroad Referees | ||