U.S. Supremes: Arbitrator Must Decide Challenge to Contract Containing Arbitration Clause
The National Arbitration Forum in its 2006 Law and Policy Year in Review Reminds Us of last year's United States Supreme Court Ruling that a challenge to the validity of a contract containing an arbitration clause must be decided by the arbitrator.
The NAF's usual excellent case summary of the Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna (2006) 126 S. Ct. 1204 case can be found here.
NAF's conclusion -- "this 7-1 Buckeye decision is clear, convincing, and conclusive support for arbitration by this country's highest court. The Supreme Court Justices trust the judgment of arbitrators to decide disputes, and more and more parties and their lawyers will similarly entrust arbitrators to do justice."
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