DirecTV v. Imburgia

DirecTV v. Imburgia
Docket number: 14-462
Year: 2015
Court: United States Supreme Court
Important Dates
Argument: October 6, 2015 Decided: December 14, 2015
Majority justices
Steven G. Breyer • Chief Justice John G. Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan
Dissenting justices
Clarence Thomas • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

On December 14, 2015, the United States Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that customers of DirectTV could not seek damages as a group in a class action lawsuit but could do so in individual arbitrations. The court reversed the judgement of the California Second District Court of Appeal and held that "Because the California Court of Appeal’s interpretation is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act, that court must enforce the arbitration agreement."

Justice Steven Breyer delivered the opinion of the court, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan joined.

Justice Clarence Thomas filed a solo dissenting opinion, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined.

The court heard oral argument in DirecTV v. Imburgia on Tuesday, October 6, 2015.

Question presented: "Whether the California Court of Appeal erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Ninth Circuit, that a reference to state law in an arbitration agreement governed by the Federal Arbitration Act requires the application of state law preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act."

• Transcript of oral argument: SupremeCourt.gov, DirecTV v. Imburgia

• Audio of oral argument: Oyez.org, DirecTV v. Imburgia

See also

• Supreme Court cases, October term 2015
• Supreme Court of the United States
• History of the Supreme Court
• Major cases of the Supreme Court October 2015 term
• Major cases of the Supreme Court October 2014 term

External links

• SupremeCourt.gov
• American Bar Association, 2015-2016 Supreme Court Briefs