United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's order compelling plaintiffs to arbitrate their putative class action charging defendants with violations of California's Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act is: 1) affirmed in part, as to defendant DirecTV because its Customer Agreement was enforceable under AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, which held that Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the State of California's rule rendering unenforceable, as unconscionable, arbitration provisions in consumer contracts that waive collective or class action proceedings; and 2) reversed in part as to defendant Best Buy, which was not a party to the Customer Agreement, and was not entitled to the benefit of the arbitration clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/30/2013
• Published 07/30/2013

Judges

• WARDLAW

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel