Framing Analysis
The Supreme Court ruled in Bissonnette that a delivery driver need not work for a transportation company to qualify for the Federal Arbitration Act's transportation-worker exemption, permitting his wage-and-hour suit against a bakery distributor to advance in court rather than arbitration. Courthouse News reports a procedural advantage for the plaintiff; FreightWaves offers an unverified characterization linking the outcome to interstate-commerce classification of local routes. Analyses from multiple perspectives highlight differing emphases on worker protections, contractual freedom, and judicial interpretation of commerce power.