Supreme Court Overturns “Wholly Groundless” Exception to Contractual Delegations of Arbitrability Decisions to Arbitrators
On Jan. 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision regarding an important procedural issue under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). In Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., No. 17-1272, it held that under the FAA, courts must enforce provisions in arbitration agreements delegating threshold questions of whether claims are subject to arbitration to the arbitrator. In so doing, the Court overruled a rule that allowed federal courts to…