Badgerow v. Walters

Decided March 31, 2022. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-1143 · 596 U.S. 1 · Cited 280 times

Federal jurisdiction in a petition to compel arbitration under Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act is determined by “looking through” the petition to the jurisdictional basis of the “underlying substantive controversy,” Vaden v. Discover Bank, 556 U. S. 49, 62, but that approach does not apply to petitions to confirm or vacate arbitral awards under Sections 9 and 10 of the FAA.

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