Bibi v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the “law of your state” excluded state laws that, after the formation of the contract at issue – and after the initiation of the lawsuit at issue – were held by the Supreme Court to be preempted by the FAA
• observing that the “Supremacy Clause forbids state courts to dissociate themselves from federal law because of disagreement with its content or a refusal to recognize the superior authority of its source”
• acknowledging role of “antidrafter” canon in interpreting arbitration clause, but declining to apply it to an unambiguous agreement
• satellite television services company accused of charging early termination fees in violation of California law demanded arbitration pursuant to the service contract
• “[Jjudicial construction of a statute ordinarily applies retroactively,” (citing Riyers v. Roadway Express, Inc., 511 U.S. 298, 312-313, 114 S.Ct. 1510, 128 L.Ed.2d 274 (1994))
• “[J]udicial construction of a statute ordinarily applies retroactively.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).