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ALLIED-BRUCE TERMINIX COS. v. DOBSON

No. 93-1001.

513 U.S. 265 (1995)

ALLIED-BRUCE TERMINIX COS., INC., et al. v. DOBSON et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Bartow Farr III argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Richard G. Taranto, Joseph P. Jones, Jr., and T. Julian Motes.

Allan R. Chason argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Kenneth J. Chesebro and Kenneth W. Hooks.*

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 282. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 284. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, p. 285.

Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the reach of § 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act. That section makes enforceable a written arbitration provision in "a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce." 9 U. S. C. § 2 (emphasis added). Should we read this phrase broadly, extending the Act's reach to the limits of Congress' Commerce Clause power? Or, do the two...

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