Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela
Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 587 U.S. ___ (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the use of class arbitration proceedings. In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit’s decision and held that arbitration on a classwide basis could not be compelled based on the provision’s ambiguous language. The Court relied on its previous decision in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp. which held that class arbitration procedures could not be compelled without indication that the parties to the arbitration had agreed to these procedures.
| Lamps Plus Inc. et al., v. Frank Varela | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued October 29, 2018 Decided April 24, 2019 | |
| Full case name | Lamps Plus Inc. et al., Petitioners v. Frank Varela |
| Docket no. | 17-988 |
| Citations | 587 U.S. (more) 139 S. Ct. 1407; 203 L. Ed. 2d 636 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 559 U.S. 662 |
| Holding | |
| Class arbitration procedures could not be compelled based on ambiguous language in the arbitration agreement. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
| Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor |
| Dissent | Breyer |
| Dissent | Sotomayor |
| Dissent | Kagan, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer; Sotomayor (Part II) |
| Laws applied | |
| Federal Arbitration Act | |
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