Petition of the day
By Kate Howard
on Jul 30, 2016
Thepetition of the day is:
15-1537
Issue:(1) Whether, when the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) governs an arbitration, the FAA’s judicial review standards apply in state court and preempt application of different state-law judicial-review standards; and (2) whether, when arbitrators have jurisdiction to resolve a contract dispute, the FAA prohibits a court from holding that they exceeded their powers based on the court’s conclusion that their contract interpretation is plainly and irrationally incorrect on the merits.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Maryland
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Jul. 30, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/07/petition-of-the-day-967/