85 Cited authorities

  1. AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

    563 U.S. 333 (2011)   Cited 3,973 times   605 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a ban on collective-action waivers in those contracts worked to "disfavor arbitration"
  2. Moses H. Cone Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp.

    460 U.S. 1 (1983)   Cited 12,260 times   49 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the FAA is "a congressional declaration of a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration"
  3. Rent-A-Ctr. v. Jackson

    561 U.S. 63 (2010)   Cited 2,821 times   65 Legal Analyses
    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 )
  4. AT&T Techs., Inc. v. Commc'ns Workers of Am.

    475 U.S. 643 (1986)   Cited 5,516 times   24 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
  5. Buckeye Check Cashing v. Cardegna

    546 U.S. 440 (2006)   Cited 2,070 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that nothing necessarily prevents a court from finding an arbitration clause unenforceable in a contract that it later finds is enforceable
  6. Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeds Intr.

    559 U.S. 662 (2010)   Cited 1,722 times   211 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prudential ripeness argument was waived
  7. Green Tree Fin. Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph

    531 U.S. 79 (2000)   Cited 2,473 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that claims under the Truth in Lending Act are arbitrable
  8. Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.

    500 U.S. 20 (1991)   Cited 3,079 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
  9. Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

    532 U.S. 105 (2001)   Cited 1,599 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
  10. Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos. v. Dobson

    513 U.S. 265 (1995)   Cited 1,634 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that term "involving commerce" reflects "an intent to exercise Congress' commerce power to the full"
  11. Section 2000e - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e   Cited 52,660 times   130 Legal Analyses
    Granting EEOC authority to issue procedural regulations to carry out Title VII provisions
  12. Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title

    9 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 12,284 times   211 Legal Analyses
    Defining the word "commerce" in the language of the Commerce Clause itself
  13. Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

    9 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 11,351 times   121 Legal Analyses
    Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"
  14. Section 206 - Minimum wage

    29 U.S.C. § 206   Cited 9,102 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Asking only whether the alleged inequality resulted from “any other factor other than sex”
  15. Section 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

    9 U.S.C. § 3   Cited 7,390 times   37 Legal Analyses
    Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"
  16. 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 6,670 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Granting authority to federal courts to compel party to participate in arbitration where a valid arbitration agreement exists
  17. Section 1281.2 - Grounds for not ordering parties to arbitrate controversy

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2   Cited 1,466 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”
  18. Section 1550 - Essential to existence of contract

    Cal. Civ. Code § 1550   Cited 880 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that the "essential" elements of contract formation include mutual consent and sufficient consideration
  19. Section 1280 - Definitions

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1280   Cited 831 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Defining drafting party
  20. Section 1698 - Contract in writing

    Cal. Civ. Code § 1698   Cited 528 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Addressing oral modification, waiver, and estoppel