500 U.S. 20 (1991) Cited 3,054 times 59 Legal Analyses
Holding that a claim arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (1994 ed.), may be subject to compulsory arbitration
138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018) Cited 950 times 169 Legal Analyses
Holding that, under Concepcion , "courts may not allow a contract defense to reshape traditional individualized arbitration" and "a rule seeking to declare individualized arbitration proceedings off limits" is preempted by the FAA
532 U.S. 105 (2001) Cited 1,569 times 52 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
482 U.S. 483 (1987) Cited 1,344 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that the FAA preempted a state statute permitting litigation of wage collection actions despite the existence of a private agreement to arbitrate
Holding that arbitration provisions banning class-action litigation or collective arbitration of employment-related claims are enforceable under the NLRA and the FAA's saving clause, but also holding that arbitration provisions banning representative claims under California's Private Attorneys General Act violates that Act
Holding that carve-outs for provisional injunctive relief such as this merely confirm rights available under California statutes and are therefore not unconscionable, and disapproving Trivedi to the extent inconsistent.