Legal Opinion

Virginia Van Dusen v. Swift Transportation Co

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 26, 2016No. 15-15257PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Concurrence by Judge IKUTA

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Judge:

We must determine whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., grants us jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from a district court’s case management order. We conclude it does not, and we dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

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Virginia Van Dusen and Joseph Sheer are interstate truck drivers who entered into contracts with Swift Transportation Company, Inc. (“Swift”) and Interstate Equipment Leasing, Inc. (“Interstate”). Van Dusen and Sheer each agreed to drive trucks, Interstate agreed to…

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