Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Arkansas Diagnostic Center, P.A. v. Tahiri
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 31, 2007No. 06-667Published
1ConcurrenceRobert Brown, Justice
It is unclear to me whether the employment agreement executed between ADC (the Clinic) and Dr. Tahiri qualifies as a “contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce” such as to render the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) applicable. 9 U.S.C. § 2 (1999). Nevertheless, I concur in the majority’s result that the FAA should not apply in this case.
As the majority opinion correctly points out, the United States Supreme Court has interpreted the terms “involving commerce” broadly as to signify Congress’s intent to exercise its power under the Commerce Clause to its fullest. See Allied-Bruce…
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