Joyce Green v. U.S. Cash Advance Illinois

Despite the surface simplicity of its logic, the majority has actually made an extraordinary effort to rescue the payday lender-defendant from its own folly, or perhaps its own fraud. Because the district court correctly denied the motion to compel arbitration, I respectfully dissent.

Arbitration is at bottom a matter of contract. E.g., American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, — U.S.-, 133 S.Ct. 2304, 2309, 186 L.Ed.2d 417 (2013); Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, 561 U.S. 63, -, 130 S.Ct. 2772, 2776, 177 L.Ed.2d 403 (2010). The Supreme Court has instructed that “the FAA’s…