NO. 09 - 864 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States _____________________________________________________________ KBR TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., HALLIBURTON COMPANY D/B/A KBR KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, LLC, KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC., KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT INTERNATIONAL, INC., KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, INC., KBR, INC., KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, INC., S. DE R.L., AND OVERSEAS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LTD., Petitioner, v. JAMIE LEIGH JONES, Respondent. ____________________________________________ On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit __________________________________________ RESPONDENT’S BRIEF IN OPPOSITION _______________________________________________________________ L. TODD KELLY JOHN VAIL* HEIDI O. VICKNAIR JEFFREY R. WHITE THE KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C. ANDRE M. MURA One Riverway, Suite 1150 CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL Houston, TX 77056-0920 LITIGATION, P.C. (713) 255-2055 777 Sixth Street, N.W. STEPHANIE M. MORRIS Suite 520 1660 L. Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Suite 506 (202) 944-2887 Washington, DC 20036
[email protected] (202) 536-2353 Counsel for Respondent *Counsel of Record i QUESTION PRESENTED Does the Federal Arbitration Act compel a court to interpret contractual language to find that gang rape perpetrated by co-employees of the victim in the victim’s bedroom is “related to the employment” of the victim or occurred “in the workplace” of the victim? ii TABLE OF CONTENTS QUESTION PRESENTED ..........................................i TABLE OF CONTENTS.............................................ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ......................................iii RESPONDENT’S BRIEF IN OPPOSITION.............. 1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE.................................... 1 REASONS FOR DENYING THE PETITION ........... 6 I. The Decision Below Is a Fact-Bound, Faithful Application of Existing Doctrine. ........................................................... 7 II.