American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant

Holding: The Federal Arbitration Act does not permit courts to invalidate a contractual waiver of class arbitration on the ground that the plaintiff’s cost of individually arbitrating a federal statutory claim exceeds the potential recovery.

 

JudgmentReversed, 5-3, in an opinion by Justice Scalia on June 20, 2013. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion in which Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer joined. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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