Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon

U.S. Supreme Court

Question(s) Presented

Whether workers who load or unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce, but do not physically transport such goods themselves, are interstate “transportation workers” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.

Tab Group

Merits Stage

U.S. Chamber urges Supreme Court that the exemption in section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act for certain transportation workers applies narrowly to those whose work centers on transporting goods across state or foreign boundaries

January 31, 2022

Click here to view the coalition amicus brief. Andrew J. Pincus, Archis A. Parasharami, Daniel E. Jones, and Carmen N. Longoria-Green of Mayer Brown LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.

Case Documents

Opinion -- Saxon v. Southwest Airlines Co. (Seventh Circuit).pdf

U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (Supreme Court).pdf