2010 United States Supreme Court case
| Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson |
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| Full case name | Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson |
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| Citations | 561 U.S. 63 (more) |
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| Under the Federal Arbitration Act, where an agreement to arbitrate includes an agreement that the arbitrator will determine whether the agreement is enforceable, if a party challenges specifically the enforceability of that particular agreement, the district court considers the challenge. However, if a party challenges the enforceability of the agreement as a whole, the challenge is for the arbitrator. |
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- Chief Justice
- John Roberts
- Associate Justices
- John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
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| Majority | Scalia |
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| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor |
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| Federal Arbitration Act |
Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, 561 U.S. 63 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that under the Federal Arbitration Act, where an agreement to arbitrate includes an agreement that the arbitrator will determine whether the agreement is enforceable, if a party challenges specifically the enforceability of that particular agreement, the district court considers the challenge. However, if a party challenges the enforceability of the agreement as a whole, the challenge is for the arbitrator.[1][2]
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