501 U.S. 190 (1991) Cited 801 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that where a court must determine the validity of an arbitration agreement, it "cannot avoid that duty" just because the court must decide an issue on the merits
Denying certiorari of Fifth Circuit ruling in In re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation, 659 F.2d 1332 (5th Cir. Unit A Oct. 1981) where injunction was upheld under "in aid of jurisdiction" exception and relitigation exception in an in personam case
Emphasizing that Deming, like Savair, was based on a pre-election union announcement that conditioned a waiver of initiation fees on a showing of pre-election union support
Defining "substantial evidence" under arbitrary-and-capricious review as "such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion"
Holding that, because a successor employer cannot be bound against its will by the substantive provisions of its predecessor's CBA, it cannot be compelled to submit to arbitration under the terms of that agreement