473 U.S. 614 (1985) Cited 4,358 times 44 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court must consider "whether legal constraints external to the parties' agreement foreclosed the arbitration of those claims" prior to enforcing an arbitration clause
570 U.S. 228 (2013) Cited 715 times 32 Legal Analyses
Holding that a class waiver in an arbitration agreement is enforceable under the FAA even when a plaintiff shows that the waiver will prevent her from vindicating her statutory rights
556 U.S. 247 (2009) Cited 560 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that CBA's arbitration clause requiring union members to arbitrate claims arising from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634, is enforceable where the waiver is clear and unmistakable
573 U.S. 513 (2014) Cited 283 times 150 Legal Analyses
Holding that because there was no quorum of validly appointed board members, the NLRB “lacked authority to act,” and the enforcement order was therefore “void ab initio ”
Holding that under the FAA, a court "may either stay the action or dismiss it outright when . . . the court determines that all of the claims raised in the action are subject to arbitration"
Holding that where statute's meaning is obvious, courts and Board must defer to Congress's unambiguous intent, but where ambiguity exists, courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of the statute
Fed. R. Evid. 201 Cited 30,341 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."
29 U.S.C. § 1140 Cited 2,099 times 15 Legal Analyses
Making it unlawful to “discharge ... any person because he has given information or has testified or is about to testify in any inquiry or proceeding relating to [ERISA]”