U.S. Supreme Court Precedents on Arbitration

Shaping the American Arbitration Law and Practice

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For every lawyer practicing or aspiring to practice law in the US and every student striving to become a well-rounded litigator, familiarity with relevant case law is indispensable. This axiom holds particularly true in the realm of arbitration. As the ultimate arbiter on arbitration matters in the US, the decisions of the US Supreme Court carry paramount significance. This book serves as a vital resource, offering detailed analysis of nearly 40 cases by arbitration experts well-versed in the intricacies of the US legal system. Through meticulous commentary and critique, it vividly illustrates how SCOTUS has profoundly influenced the landscape of arbitration law and practice over the years.
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Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Notes on Contributors
Editors’ Note
Chapter 1 Supreme Court Case Law on Arbitration through a Restatement Lens
Chapter 2 The Evolution of Arbitration in Light of Supreme Court Decisions
Chapter 3 The Importance of the U.S. Supreme Court in Shaping U.S. Arbitration Law & Practice
Chapter 4 Prima Paint Corporation v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Company (1967)
Chapter 5 Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co. (1968): The Supreme Court’s Fractured Interpretation of “Evident Partiality” under the Federal Arbitration Act and Its Legacy
Chapter 6 Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. (1974)
Chapter 7 Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. et al., 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
Chapter 8 Shearson/Am. Exp., Inc v. McMahon (1987)
Chapter 9 Volt Information Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (1989)
Chapter 10 First Options of Chicago, Inc v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 (1995): To Delegate or Not to Delegate, Forty Years On
Chapter 11 Vimar Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A. v. M/V Sky Reefer et al. (1995)
Chapter 12 Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
Chapter 13 Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (2002)
Chapter 14 PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book (2003)
Chapter 15 Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle (2003): The Supreme Court’s First Look at Class Action Arbitrability
Chapter 16 Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (2004)
Chapter 17 Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc., v. Cardegna (2006)
Chapter 18 Hall Street Associates, LLC v. Mattel, Inc. (2008): The Scope and Limits of Party Autonomy: Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards
Chapter 19 Vaden v. Discover Bank, 556 U.S. 49 (2009)
Chapter 20 Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, 561 U.S. 63 (2010)
Chapter 21 Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp., 559 U.S. 662 (2010): The Impact of the Stolt-Nielsen Decision on Class-Action Arbitration
Chapter 22 Granite Rock Co. v. Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters (2010)
Chapter 23 AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011)
Chapter 24 Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter (2013)
Chapter 25 American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant (2013)
Chapter 26 BG Group, Plc v. Republic of Argentina, 572 U.S. 25 (2014)
Chapter 27 Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela (2019): The Supreme Court Limits Class Arbitration
Chapter 28 New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, 139 S. Ct. 532 (2019)
Chapter 29 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. (2019): The Henry Schein Dispute—Uncertainty Regarding Arbitral Jurisdiction and the End of the Wholly Groundless Exception
Chapter 30 GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS Corp v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC (2020): Application of U.S. Domestic Arbitration Law to Non-Signatory Enforcement of International Arbitration Agreements, and Other Potential Impacts of Domestic Arbitration Doctrines in International Contexts
Chapter 31 ZF Automotive, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. and Alixpartners, LLP v. Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States (2022)
Chapter 32 Morgan v Sundance, Inc. (2022)
Chapter 33 Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (2022)
Chapter 34 Coinbase v. Bielski (2023): Shift from Judicial Discretion to a Mandatory Stay of Proceedings Pending Resolution of an Interlocutory Appeal from the Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration
Chapter 35 CMB Monaco v Smagin (2023)
Chapter 36 Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski et al. (2024): Delegation versus Forum Selection Clause, Contradictory Contracts, and Kompetenz-Kompetenz Doctrine
Back Matter
Index
Kabir Duggal is an attorney in Arnold and Porter's New York office, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, an adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School, and a Course Director and a Faculty Member for the Columbia Law School-Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration.

Yasmine Lahlou, Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey, has over 20 years of experience in international arbitration. Initially trained in Paris and admitted in Paris and New York, she is experienced in civil and common law systems. Yasmine has been counsel in dozens of arbitrations conducted under the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc rules.

Carlos Alberto Carmona is a Professor of Procedural Law and Arbitration at the University of Sao Paulo, a Partner of Marques Rosado, Toledo Cesar & Carmona Advogados, and former President of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual (Brazilian Institute of Procedural Law).

Gustavo Favero Vaughn (LL.M, Columbia Law School) is a Partner at Cesar Asfor Rocha Advogados. He has worked as an International Lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, teaches at the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (Ibmec), in São Paulo, is an Alumni Advisor at the American Review of International Arbitration (ARIA) and Academic Coordinator at Arbitration Channel He has been appointed to serve as an administrative judge of the São Paulo Bar Association’s Ethics and Disciplinary Court.
Notes on Contributors

Editors’ Note

1 Supreme Court Case Law on Arbitration through a Restatement Lens
  George A. Bermann

2 The Evolution of Arbitration in Light of Supreme Court Decisions
  Peter J. Messitte, Carlos Mário da Silva Velloso, Erico Bomfim de Carvalho and João Carlos Banhos Velloso

3 The Importance of the U.S. Supreme Court in Shaping U.S. Arbitration Law & Practice
  Daniel Schimmel, Shrutih Tewarie and James Fullmer

4 Prima Paint Corporation v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Company (1967)
  R. Doak Bishop and Marcio Vasconcellos

5 Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co. (1968): The Supreme Court’s Fractured Interpretation of “Evident Partiality” under the Federal Arbitration Act and Its Legacy
  Ank Santens, Surya Gopalan and Stephen Hogan-Mitchell

6 Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. (1974)
  Michael B. Carlinsky and Andre Luis Monteiro

7 Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. et al., 473 US. 614 (1985)
  Sherman Kahn

8 Shearson/Am. Exp., Inc v. Mcmahon (1987)
  Steven Skulnik

9 Volt Information Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (1989)
  Peter Fox

10 First Options of Chicago, Inc v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 (1995): To Delegate or Not to Delegate, Forty Years On
  Kabir Duggal, Yasmine Lahlou, Carlos Alberto Carmona and Gustavo Favero Vaughn

11 Vimar Seguros y Reaseguros, s.a. v. m/v Sky Reefer et al. (1995)
  Rodrigo Tannuri, Matheus Soubhia Sanches, Felipe Conrado and Rekha Rangachari

12 Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
  Caline Mouawad and Alex Lupsaiu

13 Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (2002)
  Gary L. Benton

14 PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book (2003)
  Samaa Haridi and Jessica Beess und Chrostin

15 Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle (2003): The Supreme Court’s First Look at Class Action Arbitrability
  Andrew Behrman, Yining Bei and Zeinab Bailoun

16 Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (2004)
  Preeti Bhagnani and Stephen Hogan-Mitchell

17 Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc., v. Cardegna (2006)
  Lea Haber Kuck

18 Hall Street Associates, l.l.c. v. Mattel, Inc. (2008): The Scope and Limits of Party Autonomy: Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards
  Peter B. Rutledge

19 Vaden v. Discover Bank, 556 U.S. 49 (2009)
  Dana MacGrath

20 Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, 561 U.S. 63 (2010)
  Zachary Kady and Rahim Moloo

21 Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp., 559 U.S. 662 (2010): The Impact of the Stolt-Nielsen Decision on Class-Action Arbitration
  Andrew Finn and Pedro José Izquierdo

22 Granite Rock Co. v. Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters (2010)
  Steven Skulnik

23 at&t Mobility llc v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011)
  Grant Hanessian

24 Oxford Health Plans llc v. Sutter (2013)
  James Hosking, Gretta Walters and Marcel Engholm

25 American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant (2013)
  Fabiano Robalinho, Caetano Berenguer and João Lucas Bevilacqua

26 bg Group, Plc v. Republic of Argentina, 572 U.S. 25 (2014)
  Elliot Friedman and Cameron Russell

27 Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela (2019): The Supreme Court Limits Class Arbitration
  John Fellas

28 New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, 139 S. Ct. 532 (2019)
  Michael A. Fernández

29 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. (2019): The Henry Schein Dispute—Uncertainty Regarding Arbitral Jurisdiction and the End of the Wholly Groundless Exception
  Mark Kantor

30 ge Energy Power Conversion France sas Corp v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, llc (2020): Application of U.S. Domestic Arbitration Law to Non-Signatory Enforcement of International Arbitration Agreements, and other Potential Impacts of Domestic Arbitration Doctrines in International Contexts
  Ari D. MacKinnon, Jonathan I. Blackman and Katie L. Gonzalez

31 zf Automotive, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. and Alixpartners, llp v. Fund for Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States (2022)
  Flávio Luiz Yarshell and Rafael Stefanini Auilo

32 Morgan V. Sundance, Inc. (2022)
  Liz Snodgrass and Laura França Pereira

33 Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (2022)
  Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Arthur Gonzalez Cronemberger Parente and Laura Lambert da Costa

34 Coinbase v. Bielski (2023): Shift from Judicial Discretion to a Mandatory Stay of Proceedings Pending Resolution of an Interlocutory Appeal from the Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration
  Boaz S. Morag and Peter E. Carzis

35 Cmb Monaco V. Smagin (2023)
  Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta and Rafael Francisco Alves

36 Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski et al. (2024): Delegation versus Forum Selection Clause, Contradictory Contracts, and Kompetenz-Kompetenz Doctrine
  Peter C. Sester

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