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

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"

AT&T Techs., Inc. v. Commc'ns Workers of Am.

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

Mitsubishi Motors v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth

Holding that the Act emphatically favors arbitration

Volt Info. Scis., Inc. v. Bd. of Trs.

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"

Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

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

Doctor's Assocs., Inc. v. Casarotto

Holding "that Montana's first-page notice requirement, which governs not ‘any contract,’ but specifically and solely contracts ‘subject to arbitration,’ conflicts with the FAA and is therefore displaced by the federal measure."

Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos. v. Dobson

Holding that term "involving commerce" reflects "an intent to exercise Congress' commerce power to the full"

Shearson/Am. Express Inc. v. McMahon

Holding that an arbitration clause was enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act with respect to a claim under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc.

Holding that courts should be guided by the “cardinal principle of contract construction: that a document should be read to give effect to all of its provisions and to render them consistent with each other”

Southland Corp. v. Keating

Holding that through the FAA, "Congress intended to foreclose state legislative attempts to undercut the enforceability of arbitration agreements"

Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

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

Section 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

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

Section 31000 - Short title

Section 31512 - Waiver of compliance void

Providing that, "any condition, stipulation or provision purporting to bind any person acquiring a franchise to waive any compliance with any provision of this law or any rule or order hereunder is void."