SCOTUSBlog’s “Petition of the Day” Presents Arbitration Issues.

     “The Jolly Smoker.”  Currier & Ives.  c1880.  Library of Congress.

     On July 29, 2016, Kate Howard reported on the “Petition of the Day” in R.J. Reynolds Co. v. Maryland, 15-1537, presenting the issues:

“(1) Whether, when the Federal Arbitration Act (‘FAA’) governs an arbitration, the FAA’s judicial review standards apply in state court and preempt application of different state-law judicial-review standards; and (2) whether, when arbitrators have jurisdiction to resolve a contract dispute, the FAA prohibits a court from holding that they ‘exceeded their powers’ based on the court’s conclusion that their contract interpretation is ‘plainly’ and ‘irrationally’ incorrect on the merits.”

     Stay tuned . . .