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"

Rent-A-Ctr. v. Jackson

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 )

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"

Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd

Holding that the word "shall" in a separate section of the FAA constituted a mandate to the district court

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

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

Nitro-Lift Techs., L.L.C. v. Howard

Holding validity of covenants not to compete was for arbitrator to decide

Webb v. Investacorp, Inc.

Holding that when considering a suit seeking to enjoin arbitration, it was proper to look at "the underlying arbitration to determine the amount in controversy in this action for declaratory relief"

Wash. Mut. Fin. Grp., LLC v. Bailey

Holding that a claim that the arbitration agreement itself was fraudulently induced raised in a response to a motion to compel arbitration was properly considered by the District Court

American Heritage Life Ins. Co. v. Lang

Holding that under Mississippi law, "illiteracy alone is not a sufficient basis for the invalidation of an arbitration agreement"

Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title

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

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

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

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

Granting authority to federal courts to compel party to participate in arbitration where a valid arbitration agreement exists

Section 23:301 - Short title

Section 9:4201 - Validity of arbitration agreements

Setting forth that an agreement to arbitrate must be an "agreement in writing between two or more persons," but does not expressly state that the agreement must be signed. As such, a written agreement to arbitrate under La.R.S. 9:4201 does not necessarily require that the contract be signed insofar as "[s]igning is an additional requirement beyond writing." Hurley v. Fox, 520 So.2d 467, 469 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1988), on remand, 559 So.2d 887, 891 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1990)

Section 3099 - Submission to arbitrate

Section 3100 - Writing necessary