Southwest Airlines Co., Petitioner v. Latrice Saxon

  1. August 23, 2023

    Checking In On Major Wage Cases After Justices' Rulings

    After major wage rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and California Supreme Court, the cases have continued to play out in lower courts, where attorneys are watching for developments. Here, Law360 explores the status of four major cases that have returned to lower courts after changing the employment law landscape.

  2. June 26, 2023

    Circuits Tackling Justices' Interstate Worker Ruling 1 Year On

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Latrice Saxon that airline cargo loaders were arbitration-exempt interstate transportation workers left open questions that federal appeals courts are grappling with a year later, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores Saxon’s impact.

  3. July 20, 2022

    3 Arbitration Cases The High Court's Holding Is Already Hitting

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on arbitration and transportation workers is already beginning to make an impact on cases in the judicial pipeline. Here, Law360 looks at three cases where the holding is already making a difference.

  4. July 01, 2022

    4 Major Wage-Hour Rulings So Far In 2022

    Wage and hour cases returned to the U.S. Supreme Court after the justices skipped them last term. Meanwhile, lower courts have thwarted President Joe Biden's actions on independent contractor classification and minimum wage. Here, Law360 recaps four major rulings in the first half of 2022.

  5. June 21, 2022

    11th Circ. Arbitration Holding Reined In At 1st Anniversary

    An Eleventh Circuit ruling that for nearly a year seemed to make it easier to bounce transportation workers' workplace disputes to arbitration has been weakened by a new U.S. Supreme Court decision, observers told Law360.

  6. June 06, 2022

    High Court Transpo Worker Carveout Limits Arbitration Pacts

    The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that airline cargo loaders are exempt from federal arbitration requirements may put a dent in certain carriers' employment contracts, but it's not the definitive roadmap that workers' rights attorneys were hoping to secure to dismantle rigid arbitration mandates altogether.

  7. June 06, 2022

    Justices Say Airline Cargo Loaders Exempt From Arbitration

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that a federal carveout for interstate transportation workers shields a Chicago ramp agent supervisor from having to arbitrate her wage and hour claims against Southwest Airlines, handing a win to workers fighting to curb companies' mandatory arbitration clauses.

  8. March 28, 2022

    Justices Skeptical Of Southwest's Take On Fed. Arbitration Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pressed Southwest Airlines to explain how a plain-text, common-sense reading of the interstate transportation worker exemption from federal arbitration requirements could exclude ramp agents who unload cargo at an airport.

  9. March 25, 2022

    Up Next At High Court: A Big Week For Employer Liability

    In each of the four cases set to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, private and public employers are defending against civil lawsuits brought by former employees — but the legal issues run the gamut from the enforceability of arbitration agreements to the scope of rail worker safety rules.

  10. March 04, 2022

    18 AGs Tell Justices FAA Exempts Southwest Cargo Loaders

    The Federal Arbitration Act meant to exclude certain transportation workers such as a Southwest Airlines ramp agent supervisor, attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., told the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that forcing workers to arbitrate wage suits goes against the public interest.