Tesla Motors Federal Appellate Court Decisions

TESLA MOTORS, INC., ET AL V. CRISTINA BALAN

Filed: April 14, 2025


Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 22-16623

Arbitration Award / Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Vacating the district court’s order granting Tesla, Inc.and Elon Musk’s petition to confirm an arbitration award, the panel held that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to confirm the award pursuant to Badgerow v. Walters, 596 U.S. 1 (2022), which prohibits looking past the face of a petition under 9 U.S.C. § 9 to establish jurisdiction.The panel held that, because a “look through” approach…

James B. Riley v. Tesla Motors, Inc

Filed: March 21, 2025


Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Case Number: 22-12515

Dixon v. Tesla Motors

Filed: June 11, 2024


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 23-50783

Whitaker v. Tesla Motors, Inc.

Filed: January 25, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 19-56497

Americans with Disabilities Act. The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal, for failure to state a claim, of an action under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The panel held that plaintiff’s allegations were not sufficient to satisfy the standards articulated by Ashcroft v. Iqbal and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, which, taken together, require well-pleaded facts, not legal conclusions, that plausibly give rise to an entitlement to relief. The panel…

KAZIM ACAR V. TESLA MOTORS, INC.

Filed: December 21, 2016


Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 14-17501