AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion
563 U.S. 333 (2011) Cited 3,908 times 602 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 12,150 times 49 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
AT&T Techs., Inc. v. Commc'ns Workers of Am.
475 U.S. 643 (1986) Cited 5,474 times 24 Legal AnalysesHolding that it was for the court to decide whether a particular labor dispute fell within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement
Green Tree Fin. Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph
531 U.S. 79 (2000) Cited 2,446 times 28 Legal AnalysesHolding that claims under the Truth in Lending Act are arbitrable
Am. Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest.
570 U.S. 228 (2013) Cited 675 times 31 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Steelworkers v. Warrior Gulf Co.
363 U.S. 574 (1960) Cited 5,600 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that grievance machinery “is at the very heart of the system of industrial self-government” and the courts should not deny an order to arbitrate “unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute”
14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
556 U.S. 247 (2009) Cited 552 times 27 Legal AnalysesHolding that a collective bargaining agreement that "clearly and unmistakably requires union members to arbitrate [Age Discrimination in Employment Act] claims is enforceable as a matter of federal law"
Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc.
24 Cal.4th 83 (Cal. 2000) Cited 1,806 times 46 Legal AnalysesHolding unilateral arbitration provision substantively unconscionable
Rosenthal v. Great W. Fin. Secs. Corp.
14 Cal.4th 394 (Cal. 1996) Cited 802 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding fraud in the inducement "occurs when the promisor knows what he is signing but his consent is induced by fraud"
Communications Workers of America v. Beck
487 U.S. 735 (1988) Cited 277 times 44 Legal AnalysesHolding that non-members could not be charged "to support union activities beyond those germane to collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment"
Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 Cited 18,266 times 315 Legal AnalysesProhibiting unlawful business practices
Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title
9 U.S.C. § 1 Cited 12,171 times 211 Legal AnalysesDefining 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 11,219 times 120 Legal AnalysesGranting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"
Section 159 - Representatives and elections
29 U.S.C. § 159 Cited 2,438 times 12 Legal AnalysesGranting a bargaining unit the exclusive right to represent employees in it
Section 201 - Computation and payment of wages upon discharge
Cal. Lab. Code § 201 Cited 1,812 times 21 Legal AnalysesProviding that, "[i]f an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately"
Section 1281.2 - Grounds for not ordering parties to arbitrate controversy
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2 Cited 1,458 times 7 Legal AnalysesStating that an order compelling arbitration “may not be refused on the ground that the petitioner's contentions lack substantive merit”