U.S. Supreme Court,
Litigation & Arbitration,
Labor/Employment
Oct. 28, 2022
Southwest Airlines provides safe landing for Domino's arbitration agreement
The Supreme Court's decisions about airplane cargo loaders and in-state delivery drivers undermine the Ninth Circuit's interpretation of Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act.
One of the most hotly disputed issues under the Federal Arbitration Act is the scope of the statute's exclusion of "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." 9 U.S.C. § 1. Opponents of arbitration advocate a broad construction of Section 1, because placing an agreement outside the FAA's protection of arbitration contracts' enforceability can open the door to state-law rules that in...
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