473 U.S. 614 (1985) Cited 4,360 times 44 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court must consider "whether legal constraints external to the parties' agreement foreclosed the arbitration of those claims" prior to enforcing an arbitration clause
500 U.S. 20 (1991) Cited 3,095 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
532 U.S. 105 (2001) Cited 1,622 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
482 U.S. 220 (1987) Cited 1,831 times 18 Legal Analyses
Holding RICO claims arbitrable and citing Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614, 636-37, 105 S.Ct. 3346, 87 L.Ed.2d 444 (holding antitrust claims arbitrable because, even if they are arbitrated, antitrust law "will continue to serve both its remedial and deterrent function")
556 U.S. 247 (2009) Cited 560 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that CBA's arbitration clause requiring union members to arbitrate claims arising from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634, is enforceable where the waiver is clear and unmistakable
565 U.S. 530 (2012) Cited 359 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