Comcast Corp. v. Tillage
Petition for certiorari denied on June 1, 2020
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court of California's rule from McGill v. Citibank, N.A. " that provisions in predispute arbitration agreements waiving the parties" right to seek "public injunctive relief" in any forum are contrary to California public policy and unenforceable " falls outside the Federal Arbitration Act"s saving clause because it is not a ground that "exist[s] at law or in equity" for the "revocation" of any contract; and (2) whether, even if the McGill rule falls within the FAA"s saving clause, it is otherwise preempted by the FAA because it interferes with fundamental attributes of arbitration by negating the parties" agreement to resolve their dispute bilaterally.
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