California Court of Appeal

Where an arbitration clause is silent as to class arbitration, the foundational issue of whether that arbitration agreement prohibits class arbitrations must be decided by the arbitrators, not by federal courts. Accordingly, this matter must be remanded to the arbitrator.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2004
• Published 01/28/2004

Judges

• VOGEL (MIRIAM A.), J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Dale H. Oliver, Michael Ernest Williams and Tiffany C. Graham, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants., Baron & Budd, Allen M. Stewart, Steve B. Jensen;  McKool Smith, Lewis T. Leclair, Jill Adler;  O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun, Brian C. Lysaght, Yolanda Orozco, Santa Monica, and Noah B. Salamon, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.