Allied-Bruce v. Dobson

I concur in the opinion of the Court. I write specially to discuss the issue of when a party to an arbitration agreement is entitled to a jury trial on questions that concern the "scope" of arbitrable issues.

The United States Supreme Court's mandate on this topic is clear:

"[Supreme Court] cases of course establish that, in applying general state-law principles of contract interpretation to the interpretation of an arbitration agreement within the scope of the Act, see Perry v. Thomas, 482 U.S. 483, 493, n. 9, 107 S.Ct. 2520, 2527, n. 9, 96 L.Ed.2d 426 (1987), due regard must be given to the…