36 Cited authorities

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion
563 U.S. 333 (2011) Cited 3,736 times 601 Legal Analyses
Holding that a ban on collective-action waivers in those contracts worked to "disfavor arbitration"
Moses H. Cone Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp.
460 U.S. 1 (1983) Cited 11,867 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding stay order appealable under § 1291 where it put the litigant "effectively out of court," and "surrender[ed] jurisdiction of a federal suit to a state court"
First Options of Chi., Inc. v. Kaplan
514 U.S. 938 (1995) Cited 5,319 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding that a circuit court reviewing a district court's disposition of an arbitration award should apply "ordinary, not special, standards."
Rent-A-Ctr. v. Jackson
561 U.S. 63 (2010) Cited 2,593 times 62 Legal Analyses
Holding that "an arbitration provision is severable from the remainder of the contract," even where the contract containing the arbitration provision is itself an arbitration agreement (quoting Buckeye , 546 U.S. at 445, 126 S.Ct. 1204 )
Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
537 U.S. 79 (2002) Cited 2,503 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that compliance with a time-limit on the initiation of arbitration was not a gateway "question of arbitrability" that was reserved for the courts as it was procedural rather than substantive
AT&T Techs., Inc. v. Commc'ns Workers of Am.
475 U.S. 643 (1986) Cited 5,356 times 23 Legal Analyses
Holding that it was for the court to decide whether a particular labor dispute fell within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement
Buckeye Check Cashing v. Cardegna
546 U.S. 440 (2006) Cited 1,970 times 33 Legal Analyses
Holding that nothing necessarily prevents a court from finding an arbitration clause unenforceable in a contract that it later finds is enforceable
Green Tree Fin. Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph
531 U.S. 79 (2000) Cited 2,355 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that claims under the Truth in Lending Act are arbitrable
Mitsubishi Motors v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth
473 U.S. 614 (1985) Cited 4,218 times 44 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Act emphatically favors arbitration
Granite Rock Co. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters
561 U.S. 287 (2010) Cited 1,339 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that the court decides when union ratified, and thus became a party to, collective bargaining agreement containing arbitration clause
Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title
9 U.S.C. § 1 Cited 11,819 times 203 Legal Analyses
Defining the word "commerce" in the language of the Commerce Clause itself
Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate
9 U.S.C. § 2 Cited 10,837 times 115 Legal Analyses
Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"
Section 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
9 U.S.C. § 3 Cited 7,027 times 22 Legal Analyses
Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"
Section 1281.2 - Grounds for not ordering parties to arbitrate controversy
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2 Cited 1,405 times 7 Legal Analyses
Stating that an order compelling arbitration “may not be refused on the ground that the petitioner's contentions lack substantive merit”
Section 1281 - Generally
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281 Cited 507 times 5 Legal Analyses
Explaining an arbitration agreement may only be invalidated upon the same "grounds as exist for the revocation of any contract"
Section 1281.4 - Stay of action or proceeding until arbitration had in accordance with order or issue to arbitrate determined
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.4 Cited 251 times 11 Legal Analyses
Mandating stay "until an arbitration is had" when a portion of a lawsuit is sent to arbitration

Motion To Compel Arbitration

36 Cited authorities

Holding that a ban on collective-action waivers in those contracts worked to "disfavor arbitration"

Holding stay order appealable under § 1291 where it put the litigant "effectively out of court," and "surrender[ed] jurisdiction of a federal suit to a state court"

Holding that a circuit court reviewing a district court's disposition of an arbitration award should apply "ordinary, not special, standards."

Holding that "an arbitration provision is severable from the remainder of the contract," even where the contract containing the arbitration provision is itself an arbitration agreement (quoting Buckeye , 546 U.S. at 445, 126 S.Ct. 1204 )

Holding that compliance with a time-limit on the initiation of arbitration was not a gateway "question of arbitrability" that was reserved for the courts as it was procedural rather than substantive

Holding that it was for the court to decide whether a particular labor dispute fell within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement

Holding that nothing necessarily prevents a court from finding an arbitration clause unenforceable in a contract that it later finds is enforceable

Holding that claims under the Truth in Lending Act are arbitrable

Holding that the Act emphatically favors arbitration

Holding that the court decides when union ratified, and thus became a party to, collective bargaining agreement containing arbitration clause

Defining the word "commerce" in the language of the Commerce Clause itself

Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"

Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"

Stating that an order compelling arbitration “may not be refused on the ground that the petitioner's contentions lack substantive merit”

Explaining an arbitration agreement may only be invalidated upon the same "grounds as exist for the revocation of any contract"

Mandating stay "until an arbitration is had" when a portion of a lawsuit is sent to arbitration