19 Cited authorities

  1. AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

    563 U.S. 333 (2011)   Cited 3,753 times   601 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a ban on collective-action waivers in those contracts worked to "disfavor arbitration"
  2. Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeds Intr.

    559 U.S. 662 (2010)   Cited 1,667 times   211 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prudential ripeness argument was waived
  3. Volt Info. Scis., Inc. v. Bd. of Trs.

    489 U.S. 468 (1989)   Cited 3,201 times   15 Legal Analyses
    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"
  4. Doctor's Assocs., Inc. v. Casarotto

    517 U.S. 681 (1996)   Cited 1,859 times   13 Legal Analyses
    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."
  5. Perry v. Thomas

    482 U.S. 483 (1987)   Cited 1,331 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
  6. Preston v. Ferrer

    552 U.S. 346 (2008)   Cited 573 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the FAA preempted a California law giving a state agency primary jurisdiction over a dispute involving the California Talent Agency Act despite the parties' agreement to arbitrate such disputes
  7. Marmet Health Care Ctr., Inc. v. Brown

    565 U.S. 530 (2012)   Cited 348 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that West Virginia's prohibition against predispute agreements to arbitrate personal-injury or wrongful-death claims against nursing homes was preempted by the FAA
  8. Discover Bank v. Superior Court

    36 Cal.4th 148 (Cal. 2005)   Cited 476 times   70 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, under some circumstances, class action waivers in consumer arbitration agreements are unconscionable
  9. Gentry v. Superior Court

    42 Cal.4th 443 (Cal. 2007)   Cited 348 times   65 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employee's signature on receipt of "issue resolution package," which included a 30-day opt-out provision of arbitration agreement, "reasonably led" his employer to believe "that his failure to opt out constituted acceptance of the arbitration agreement"
  10. Broughton v. Cigna Healthplans of California

    21 Cal.4th 1066 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 245 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim for public injunctive relief under California's Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) is not arbitrable, although damages claims under the CLRA are arbitrable
  11. Section 1 - "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title

    9 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 11,850 times   206 Legal Analyses
    Defining the word "commerce" in the language of the Commerce Clause itself
  12. Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

    9 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 10,874 times   117 Legal Analyses
    Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"
  13. Section 1700.44 - Referral of dispute to commissioner

    Cal. Lab. Code § 1700.44   Cited 47 times

    (a) In cases of controversy arising under this chapter, the parties involved shall refer the matters in dispute to the Labor Commissioner, who shall hear and determine the same, subject to an appeal within 10 days after determination, to the superior court where the same shall be heard de novo. To stay any award for money, the party aggrieved shall execute a bond approved by the superior court in a sum not exceeding twice the amount of the judgment. In all other cases the bond shall be in a sum of