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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.

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/