Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2018 Term
Oral Argument Date
October 29, 2018
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act permits a court to decline to enforce an agreement delegating questions of arbitrability to an arbitrator if the court concludes the claim of arbitrability is “wholly groundless”.
Case Updates
U.S. Supreme Court issues unanimous arbitration decision, reaffirming that courts must enforce arbitration contracts according to their terms and thus cannot create unwritten exceptions to the Federal Arbitration Act
January 07, 2019
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion rejects the “wholly groundless” exception to enforcement of an arbitration agreement, finding it inconsistent with the terms of the Federal Arbitration Act. The Court reaffirmed that arbitration is a matter of contract, and courts must enforce arbitration contracts according to their terms.
The Chamber filed an amicus brief in support of this outcome. Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files merits stage amicus brief, arguing Supreme Court should reject lower courts’ creation of “wholly groundless” exception to the FAA
August 21, 2018
Click here to view the Chamber’s amicus brief.
Andrew J. Pincus, Evan M. Tager, Archis A. Parasharami, and Matthew A. Waring of Mayer Brown LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Cert. Petition -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Application for a Stay of Proceedings -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Respondent's Opposition to Application for Stay -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply iso Application for a Stay-- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Appendix -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for the Respondent in Opposition -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for the Petitioners -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Petitioners -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Joint Appendix, Volume I -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- MLF to File Under Seal Joint Appendix, Volume II -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Anthony Michael Sabino Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- New England Legal Foundation Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Atlantic Legal Foundation Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Respondent -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Public Citizen Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Association for Justice Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- George A. Bermann Amicus Brief -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for Petitioners -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Transcript of Oral Argument -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court) .pdf