Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 26, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 26, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2024 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 WAETZIG v. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 23–971. Argued January 14, 2025—Decided February 26, 2025 Gary Waetzig filed a federal age-discrimination lawsuit against his for- mer employer Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. He later submitted his claims for arbitration, and voluntarily dismissed his federal law- suit without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). Af- ter losing at arbitration, he asked the District Court to reopen his dis- missed lawsuit and vacate the arbitration award, asserting Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) as the basis for reopening the suit. Fed- eral Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) permits relief from a “final judgment, order, or proceeding.” The District Court reopened the case, finding that a voluntary dismissal without prejudice counts as a “final pro- ceeding” and that Waetzig made a mistake when he…
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