Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Docket Number
Term
2025 Term
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Are workers who deliver locally goods that travel in interstate commerce-but who do not transport the goods across borders nor interact with vehicles that cross borders-"transportation workers" "engaged in foreign or interstate commerce" for purposes of the Federal Arbitration Act's § 1 exemption?
Case Updates
U.S. Supreme Court holds that workers who transports goods on an intrastate leg of an interstate journey can qualify for the Federal Arbitration Act’s transportation-worker exemption without crossing state lines or interacting with vehicles that do
May 28, 2026
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Tenth Circuit to hold that Federal Arbitration Act’s transportation-worker exception only covers classes of workers for whom a central part of their job directly involves transporting goods across state or international borders
December 12, 2025
U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief
Archis A. Parasharami and Daniel E. Jones of Mayer Brown LLP served as outside counsel.
The Chamber previously filed an amicus brief in this case at the Tenth Circuit panel stage.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Brock v. Flowers Foods (Tenth Circuit)
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock (U.S. Supreme Court)
- Opinion -- Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock (U.S. Supreme Court)