53 Cited authorities

  1. Moses H. Cone Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp.

    460 U.S. 1 (1983)   Cited 11,873 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"
  2. Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

    537 U.S. 79 (2002)   Cited 2,506 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
  3. AT&T Techs., Inc. v. Commc'ns Workers of Am.

    475 U.S. 643 (1986)   Cited 5,358 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
  4. Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.

    139 S. Ct. 524 (2019)   Cited 1,088 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a court possesses no power to decide the arbitrability issue" if "the parties' contract delegates the arbitrability question to an arbitrator"
  5. Volt Info. Scis., Inc. v. Bd. of Trs.

    489 U.S. 468 (1989)   Cited 3,200 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to enforce arbitration agreements according to their terms, including where the parties "specify by contract the rules under which arbitration will be conducted"
  6. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd

    470 U.S. 213 (1985)   Cited 3,310 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the word "shall" in a separate section of the FAA constituted a mandate to the district court
  7. Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

    532 U.S. 105 (2001)   Cited 1,529 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "any other class of workers engaged in ... commerce," following the specific examples of seamen and railroad employees, includes only "transportation workers," because construing it to include all other workers "fails to give independent effect to the statute’s enumeration of the specific categories of workers" that precede it
  8. Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos. v. Dobson

    513 U.S. 265 (1995)   Cited 1,600 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that term "involving commerce" reflects "an intent to exercise Congress' commerce power to the full"
  9. King v. Burwell

    574 U.S. 988 (2015)   Cited 667 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress did not delegate health insurance policy to Internal Revenue Service
  10. Shearson/Am. Express Inc. v. McMahon

    482 U.S. 220 (1987)   Cited 1,796 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an arbitration clause was enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to a claim under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  11. Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title

    9 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 11,832 times   204 Legal Analyses
    Defining the word "commerce" in the language of the Commerce Clause itself
  12. Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

    9 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 10,849 times   116 Legal Analyses
    Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"
  13. Section 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

    9 U.S.C. § 3   Cited 7,035 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"
  14. Section 4 - Failure to arbitrate under agreement; petition to United States court having jurisdiction for order to compel arbitration; notice and service thereof; hearing and determination

    9 U.S.C. § 4   Cited 6,320 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Granting authority to federal courts to compel party to participate in arbitration where a valid arbitration agreement exists
  15. Section 1281.2 - Grounds for not ordering parties to arbitrate controversy

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2   Cited 1,408 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”
  16. Section 1280 - Definitions

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1280   Cited 783 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Defining drafting party
  17. 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"
  18. 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 252 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Mandating stay "until an arbitration is had" when a portion of a lawsuit is sent to arbitration
  19. Section 8 - Proceedings begun by libel in admiralty and seizure of vessel or property

    9 U.S.C. § 8   Cited 108 times
    Referring to 5 U.S.C. § 372 380
  20. Section 1290 - Generally

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1290   Cited 74 times
    Citing Goossen v. Adair, 185 Cal.App.2d 810, 822 [ 8 Cal.Rptr. 855].