U.S. Supreme Court denies cert. in class action ban case: T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Laster

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Laster, 07-976 (order list dated 05/27/08). The petition sought review of an unpublished Ninth Circuit decision in which that court rejected the defendant's argument that the Federal Arbitration Act preempted state law governing unconscionability of class action bans embedded in arbitration clauses. Earlier in the year, the Supreme Court also declined to take up that same issue in Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Gentry, decided by the California Supreme Court. Links to the briefing in the T-Mobile case are available via SCOTUSBlog.

[Via The Complex Litigator; Consumer Law & Policy Blog]