Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana

Decided June 15, 2022. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-1573 · 596 U.S. 639 (2022) · Cited 205 times

Holding

The Federal Arbitration Act preempts a rule of California law that invalidates contractual waivers of the right to assert representative claims under “PAGA”—California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004—insofar as that rule precludes division of PAGA actions into individual and non-individual claims through an agreement to arbitrate.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Kindred Nursing Centers, L. P. v. Clark · 581 U.S. 246 (2017)
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes · 564 U.S. 338 (2011)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant · 570 U.S. 228 (2013)
• Preston v. Ferrer · 552 U.S. 346 (2008)
• Devlin v. Scardelletti · 536 U.S. 1 (2002)
• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · 460 U.S. 1 (1983)
• First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · 514 U.S. 938 (1995)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · 470 U.S. 213 (1985)
• Califano v. Yamasaki · 442 U.S. 682 (1979)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
• Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co. · 559 U.S. 393 (2010)
• Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 467 U.S. 867 (1984)
• Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown · 565 U.S. 530 (2012)
• Carpenter v. Shaw · 280 U.S. 363 (1930)

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