9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Alternative Dispute Resolution,
California Supreme Court
May 19, 2011
Class Arbitration Case Questions Jurisdictional Scope of US Supreme Court
The current term of the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 9th Circuit for the 15th time.
Lawrence Waddington
Neutral
JAMS
Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
Reversing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 15th time in the current term of the U.S. Supreme Court, the majority of justices in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 2011 WL 1561956 (U.S.) judicially interred classwide arbitration. The Court majority disallowed plaintiffs in consumer cases from participating in any group representation or class arbitration against defendants regardless of adhesive contracts between the parties. The underlying 9th Circuit opinion had agre...
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