"[1] Denise Badgerow was an employee of REJ Properties, Inc., a Louisiana financial services provider.

Additionally, Badgerow initiated arbitration proceedings against the principal employees of REJ Properties.

[2][3] Badgerow subsequently lost the arbitration and her cases in district court and the EEOC were both dismissed.

[2][3] Following oral argument, Holly Barker at BloombergLaw surmised the lower court rulings in favor of jurisdiction were likely to be affirmed.

[4] By contrast, Ronald Mann writing for SCOTUSBlog suggested that "it is far from obvious" how the justices will rule in this case.