AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion

AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion
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AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion
In AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of AT&T by claiming that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class-wide arbitration. The Supreme Court’s ruling overturned the lower court’s judgment that was based on the precedent set in Discover Bank v. Superior Court. The main issue in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion was the fine print in contracts that AT&T used to force cell phone purchasers to agree to settle all cases against the company through arbitration rather than class actions. In its argument in the Supreme Court, Concepcion argued that the fine print used by AT&T was unco...