Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Oct 3, 2017
Thepetition of the day is:
17-340
Issues:(1) Whether a dispute over applicability of the Federal Arbitration Act’s Section 1 exemption is an arbitrability issue that must be resolved in arbitration pursuant to a valid delegation clause; and (2) whether the FAA’s Section 1 exemption, which applies on its face only to contracts of employment, is inapplicable to independent contractor agreements.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Oct. 3, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/10/petition-of-the-day-1236/