In Re Wood

We must decide whether an arbitrator or a court should rule on class certification issues when the contracts at issue committed all disputes arising out of the agreement to the arbitrator. In these circumstances, we hold that such authority resides in the arbitrator, and we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals to the contrary. 2004 WL 1595731.

Real party in interest John O’Quinn represented over 3,000 women in breast-implant litigation. He has settled 2,000 of those claims for close to $2 billion, among them the claims of named plaintiffs Martha Wood, Patricia Haynes, and Ellie L.…