Legal Opinion

Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 21, 2006No. 04-1264PublishedCited by 1,578 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia

We decide whether a court or an arbitrator should consider the claim that a contract containing an arbitration provision is void for illegality.

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Respondents John Cardegna and Donna Reuter entered into various deferred-payment transactions with petitioner Buckeye Check Cashing (Buckeye), in which they received cash in exchange for a personal check in the amount of thie cash plus a finance charge. For each separate transaction they signed a “Deferred Deposit and Disclosure Agreement” (Agreement), which included the following arbitration provisions:

“1. Arbitration Disclosure By signing this…

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