Smith v. Spizzirri (601 U.S. 472)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 16, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 601 U.S. 472 · 144 S. Ct. 1173
- Decided
- May 16, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SMITH ET AL. v. SPIZZIRRI ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 22–1218. Argued April 22, 2024—Decided May 16, 2024 The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) sets forth procedures for enforcing arbitration agreements in federal court. Section 3 of the FAA, entitled “Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration,” pro- vides that when a dispute is subject to arbitration, the court “shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agree- ment, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceed- ing with such arbitration.” 9 U. S. C. §3 . In this case, petitioners filed suit against respondents in state court alleging violations of federal and state employment laws. Respondents then removed to federal court and filed a motion to compel arbitration and dismiss the suit.…
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