Burns v. Olde Discount Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “a plurality decision in which no majority of the participating justices agree concerning the reasoning is not binding authority under the doctrine of stare decisis”
• holding that “a plurality decision in which no majority of the participating justices agree concerning the reasoning is not binding authority under the doctrine of stare decisis”
• stating that “[t]he [PAA] governs actions in both federal and state courts arising out of contracts involving interstate commerce”
• explaining that “a plurality decision in which no majority of the participating justices agree concerning the reasoning is not binding authority under the doctrine of stare decisis”
• explaining that “a plurality decision in which no majority of the participating justices agree concerning the reasoning is not binding authority under the doctrine of stare decisis”
• state courts are bound under the Supremacy Clause, U.S. Const., art. VI, § 2, to enforce the substantive provisions of the federal arbitration act

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