Bissonnette v. Lepage Bakeries Park ST., LLC (601 U.S. 246)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 12, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 601 U.S. 246 · 144 S. Ct. 905
- Decided
- April 12, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BISSONNETTE ET AL. v. LEPAGE BAKERIES PARK ST., LLC, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 23–51. Argued February 20, 2024—Decided April 12, 2024 Respondent Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets baked goods that are distributed nationwide. Petitioners Neal Bissonnette and Tyler Wojnarowski owned the rights to distribute Flowers products in cer- tain parts of Connecticut. To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated un- der the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U. S. C. §1 et seq. After petitioners sued Flowers and two of its subsidiaries for violating state and federal wage laws, Flowers moved to compel arbitration. Petitioners re- sponded that they are exempt from coverage under the FAA because they fall within an exception in §1 of the Act for “contracts of employ- ment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of…
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