Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc.

N.R. SMITH,

dissenting:

In 1925, “Congress enacted the [Federal Arbitration Act] in response to widespread • judicial hostility to arbitration.” Am. Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2304, 2308-09, 186 L.Ed.2d 417 (2013). Despite ninety years of Supreme Court precedent invalidating state laws deemed hostile to arbitration, the majority today displays this same “judicial hostility” to arbitration agreements. Our court employed the same “judicial hostility” in Laster v. AT & T Mobility LLC, 584 F.3d 849 (9th Cir.2009), rev’d sub nom. AT & T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563…