• OT23.12 - Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St.

  • Aug 2 2024
  • Length: 14 mins
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OT23.12 - Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St.

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  • 23-51 BISSONNETTE V. LePAGE BAKERIES PARK ST.

    QUESTION PRESENTED: The Federal Arbitration Act exempts the "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." 9 U.S.C. § 1. The First and Seventh Circuits have held that this exemption applies to any member of a class of workers that is engaged in foreign or interstate commerce in the same way as seamen and railroad employees-that is, any worker "actively engaged" in the interstate transportation of goods. The Second and Eleventh Circuits have added an additional requirement: The worker's employer must also be in the "transportation industry."

    The question presented is: To be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, must a class of workers that is actively engaged in interstate transportation also be employed by a company in the transportation industry?

    Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

    QP - 00:21

    Opinion of the Court - 01:04
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