In its oral argument calendar issued last week, the Supreme Court set Gentry v. Superior Court (Circuit City Stores, Inc.), no. S147345, for argument on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in Los Angeles. Gentry presents the following issue:
This case presents issues regarding the enforceability of an arbitration provision that prohibits employee class actions in litigation concerning alleged violations of California's wage and hour laws.
Please let me know if you're planning to attend the argument and would like to write up a report for posting here. POST-ARGUMENT UPDATE: Multiple reports on the argument have come in. See this post and the comments to this post.
I heard it was being pushed back to September.
Posted by: tommyK | Friday, May 11, 2007 at 01:41 PM
According to the docket, a request to reschedule the argument was filed on May 9, but the Court has not yet issued any formal order changing the argument date.
Posted by: Kimberly A. Kralowec | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 12:06 PM
Hi Kimberly, I'm planning to attend the argument in LA next week - - unless the argument date has been changed. -Kelly Chen
Posted by: Kelly Chen | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 02:34 PM
The docket now says that the request to reschedule the argument was withdrawn. So, thank you, Kelly, it would be great to receive a report. Please send it to me by email at uclpractitioner@gmail.com.
Posted by: Kimberly A. Kralowec | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 10:12 PM
Kimberly: I will be attending the argument next week as well. Best regards, Jim Evans
Posted by: Jim Evans | Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 04:49 PM