Continuing its warm embrace of arbitration and its disdain for class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that agreements between companies and their customers can prohibit class action arbitration, even if that makes it harder for plaintiffs to vindicate their claims.
June 21, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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WASHINGTON – Continuing its warm embrace of arbitration and its disdain for class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that agreements between companies and their customers can prohibit class action arbitration, even if that makes it harder for plaintiffs to vindicate their claims.
The 5-3 ruling in American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant,12-133, broke along usual ideological lines, with conservatives forming the majority and liberals objecting.
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