Labor/Employment,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 21, 2017
9th Circuit panel inclined to wait for high court to decide Uber issues
Lawyers and an appellate panel talked past each other Wednesday about Uber drivers’ employment status and arbitration contracts.
9th Circuit Judge Richard Tallman, questioning plaintiffs’ attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, said her suggestion to send the Uber classification case back to district court was “making a mockery of the judicial process.”
Lawyers and an appellate panel talked past each other Wednesday about Uber drivers’ employment status and arbitration contracts, with judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicating they will rule after the U.S. Supreme Court opines on the legal issue at hand.
“Do you think we should await the Supreme Court’s determination?” Judge Sandra S. Ikuta asked Jeffrey Burritt, a National Labor Relations Board lawyer who argued on ...
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