Circuit Splits Reported in U.S. Law Week—December 2022

U.S. Law Week summarizes selected splits among U.S. federal courts of appeals each month.

Arbitration

Case:

Golightly v. Uber Tech. Inc., 2022 BL 456837 (Article)

Issue:

Are Uber drivers a class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce for purposes of the employment contract arbitration exemption in the Federal Arbitration Act? A district court in New York notes that the Second Circuit hasn’t addressed the issue, but that the Ninth and First circuits say they aren’t, while the Seventh Circuit says that drivers who occasionally transport loads interstate qualify for the exemption.

Constitutional Law

Case:

Adams v. Sch. ...