{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"hampton-s-brown-et-al","displayName":"Hampton S. Brown, et al.","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc99961:2023-11-07","opinionId":"6e6d9675-1901-51b2-85c4-8b2cd5f51f16","slug":"hampton-s-brown-et-al-respondent-v-gojet-airlines-llc-appellant-c99961","caseName":"Hampton S. Brown, et al., Respondent, vs. GoJet Airlines, LLC, Appellant.","caseNumber":"SC99961","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2023-11-07","year":2023,"display_summary":"GoJet Airlines appealed the circuit court's judgment overruling its motion to compel arbitration in a breach of contract action filed by Hampton Brown. Brown, a former pilot, alleged GoJet breached a bonus agreement. The Supreme Court of Missouri vacated the circuit court's order and remanded the case to compel arbitration. The Court held that the parties' agreement was governed by the Missouri Uniform Arbitration Agreement and that Brown failed to challenge the delegation provision, which required threshold issues to be resolved by an arbitrator.","primaryTopic":"contracts","topicSlugs":["contracts","other","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","employment-law"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=202595","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/hampton-s-brown-et-al-respondent-v-gojet-airlines-llc-appellant-c99961","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","topic: employment-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":16,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: contracts","text: llc","text: contract"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"},{"caseId":"moappd:ed110645:2022-12-20","opinionId":"2b761c35-aa40-5feb-99d8-40c159c2fc0f","slug":"hampton-s-brown-et-al-respondent-v-gojet-airlines-llc-appellant-110645","caseName":"Hampton S. Brown, et al., Respondent, vs. Gojet Airlines, LLC, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED110645","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2022-12-20","year":2022,"display_summary":"GoJet Airlines, LLC appealed the denial of its motion to compel arbitration in a breach of contract action filed by Hampton S. Brown, a former pilot. GoJet argued the trial court erred by ruling on the arbitration agreement's validity despite a delegation provision and by finding a statutory notice provision was required. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that the arbitration agreement was unenforceable because it specified governance by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), but Brown, as a pilot, is exempt from the FAA under Section 1.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","contracts","employment-law","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=191337","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/hampton-s-brown-et-al-respondent-v-gojet-airlines-llc-appellant-110645","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","topic: employment-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"corporate","label":"Corporate Law","href":"/practice-areas/corporate","score":18,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: contracts","text: llc","text: contract"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/corporate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}