Legal Opinion
Opalinski v. Robert Half International Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 30, 2014No. 12-4444PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
We consider whether a district court, rather than an arbitrator, should decide if an agreement to arbitrate disputes between the parties to that agreement also authorizes classwide arbitration. Because of the fundamental differences between classwide and individual arbitration, and the consequences of proceeding -with one rather than the other, we hold that the availability of classwide arbitration is a substantive “question of arbitrability” to be decided by a court absent clear agreement otherwise.
I. Background
Plaintiffs David Opalinski and James…
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