Viking River Cruises v. Moriana
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 15, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 15, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 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 VIKING RIVER CRUISES, INC. v. MORIANA CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT No. 20–1573. Argued March 30, 2022—Decided June 15, 2022 The question for decision is whether the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U. S. C. §1 et seq., preempts a rule of California law that invalidates contractual waivers of the right to assert representative claims under California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, Cal. Lab. Code §2698 et seq. PAGA enlists employees as private attorneys general to enforce California labor law. By its terms, PAGA authorizes any “aggrieved employee” to initiate an action against a former em- ployer “on behalf of himself or herself and other current or former em- ployees” to obtain civil penalties that previously could have been re- covered only by the State in an enforcement action brought by California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). Cal- ifornia…
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