Ceasar Wright v. Universal Maritime Service Corporation et al.

Decided November 16, 1998. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-889 · 525 U.S. 70 (1998) · Cited 487 times

Holding

The CBA’s general arbitration clause does not require Wright to use the arbitration procedure for alleged violation of the ADA.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. · 500 U.S. 20 (1991)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · 363 U.S. 574 (1960)
• At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers · 475 U.S. 643 (1986)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 450 U.S. 728 (1981)
• Metropolitan Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 460 U.S. 693 (1983)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp. · 363 U.S. 593 (1960)
• United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · 363 U.S. 564 (1960)
• Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
• Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc. · 486 U.S. 399 (1988)
• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon · 482 U.S. 220 (1987)
• Livadas v. Bradshaw · 512 U.S. 107 (1994)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• McDonald v. City of West Branch · 466 U.S. 284 (1984)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett · 556 U.S. 247 (2009)
• Jones v. Bock · 549 U.S. 199 (2007)

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