Travis Buntin v. Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Travis Buntin v. Schlumberger Technology Corporation
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In the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska TRAVIS BUNTIN, Plaintiff, v. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Defendant. Before: ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Supreme Court Nos. S-17309/17519 U.S. District Court No. 3:16-CV00073 (TMB) ORDER Withdraw and Reissue Opinion June 11, 2021 Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Carney, and Borghesan, Justices Having considered Travis Buntin’s Petition for Rehearing and Schlumberger Technology Corporation’s response, IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Rehearing is GRANTED IN PART but otherwise DENIED, and: 1. Opinion No. 7521 issued on April 23, 2021, is WITHDRAWN. 2. Opinion No. 7535 is issued on June 11, 2021, in its place, revising footnote 82 as follows: One question left open in today’s decision is whether, in addition to being precluded from giving exemptions a narrow reading, Alaska courts are required to apply general federal rules of statutory interpretation methodologies in lieu of our “sliding scale approach,” see Mat-Su Valley Med. Ctr., LLC v. Bolinder, 427 P.3d 754, 763 (Alaska 2018), when deciding cases involving AWHA exemptions explicitly linked to federal interpretation, as white collar exemptions are. The parties did not brief or argue this issue, and we do not decide it today. We note, as some scholars have pointed out, that it is not entirely clear what the federal rules of statutory Case Nos. S-17309/17519 Order Reissuing Opinion June 11, 2021 Page 2 interpretation methodologies are, and, where they exist, or how binding they are. See Abbe R. Gluck, Intersystemic Statutory Interpretation: Methodology as “Law” and the Erie Doctrine, 120 YALE L. J. 1898, 1909-11 (2011) (noting that federal rules of statutory interpretation, with some notable exceptions, are largely unresolved). Entered by direction of the court. Clerk of the Appellate Courts /s/ ________________________ Meredith Montgomery cc: Supreme Court Justices Distribution: Daniel Pace Pace Law Offices 101 E. Ninth, #7A Anchorage, AK 99501 Aaron D. Sperbeck Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot 510 “L” Street, #700 Anchorage, AK 99501 Timothy W. Seaver Seaver & Wagner, LLC 500 “L” Street, #501 Anchorage, AK 99501 Martin J. Regimbal Jennifer D. Sims The Kullman Firm, P.L.C. 119 Third Street S., #2 Columbus MS 39701 Kenneth Legacki Kenneth W. Legacki, PC 2207 Spenard Road, #209 Anchorage, AK 99501 William J. Evans Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi, LLC 500 “L” Street, #500 Anchorage, AK 99501 Samuel Zurik, III Robert P. Lombardi Bryan Edward Bowdler The Kullman Firm, P.L.C. 1100 Poydras Street, #1600 New Orleans, LA 70163
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