United States v. Ralph Arvizu
Decided January 15, 2002. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 00-1519 · 534 U.S. 266 (2002) · Cited 3,936 times
Holding
An agreement between an employer and an employee to arbitrate employment-related disputes does not bar the EEOC from pursuing victim-specific judicial relief, such as backpay, reinstatement, and damages, in an ADA enforcement action.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 8
Concurring · 1
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
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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.
- Ornelas v. United States · 517 U.S. 690 (1996)
- Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
- United States v. Cortez · 449 U.S. 411 (1981)
- United States v. Sokolow · 490 U.S. 1 (1989)
- Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
- Illinois v. Wardlow · 528 U.S. 119 (2000)
- United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · 422 U.S. 873 (1975)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Prado Navarette v. California · 572 U.S. 393 (2014)
- Kansas v. Glover · 589 U.S. 376 (2020)
- Rodriguez v. United States · 575 U.S. 348 (2015)
- United States v. Banks · 540 U.S. 31 (2003)
- Safford Unified School District 1 v. Redding · 557 U.S. 364 (2009)
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