ISKANIAN v. CLS TRANSPORTATION LOS ANGELES, LLC

No. S204032.

59 Cal.4th 348 (2014)

173 Cal. Rptr. 3d 289

ARSHAVIR ISKANIAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CLS TRANSPORTATION LOS ANGELES, LLC, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Initiative Legal Group, Raul Perez , Katherine W. Kehr ; Capstone Law, Glenn A. Danas , Ryan H. Wu ; Public Citizen Litigation Group and Scott L. Nelson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Julie L. Montgomery and Cynthia L. Rice for California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin ; McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky and Cliff Palefsky for Service Employees International Union and California Employment Lawyers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rosen Law Firm and Glenn Rosen for California Association of Public Insurance Adjusters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Amy Bach ; The Bernheim Law Firm, Steven Jay Bernheim and Nazo S. Semerjian for United Policyholders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sanford Heisler, Janette Wipper , Felicia Medina , Chioma Chukwu ; Barbara A. Jones ; Melvin Radowitz ; Della Barnet ; and Jennifer Reisch for Timothy Sandquist, AARP, Equal Rights Advocates and The Impact Fund as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Arbogast Bowen, David M. Arbogast and Chumahan B. Bowen for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Fox Rothschild, David F. Faustman , Yesenia M. Gallegos , Cristina Armstrong , Namal Tantula ; Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard and Leo V. Leyva for Defendant and Respondent.

Jones Day, George S. Howard, Jr. , and Mhairi L. Whitton for Retail Litigation Center, Inc., and California Retailers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Deborah J. La Fetra for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons , Karin Dougan Vogel and Matthew M. Sonne for Employers Group as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Amar D. Sarwal , Evan P. Schultz and Allen C. Peters for Association of Corporate Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Littler Mendelson, Henry D. Lederman , Alexa L. Woerner , Robert Friedman and Edward Berbarie for The National Retail Federation and Rent-A-Center, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Erika C. Frank ; and Fred J. Hiestand , for The California Chamber of Commerce and The Civil Justice Association of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet , John F. Querio and Felix Shafir for California New Car Dealers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Mayer Brown, Andrew J. Pincus , Archis A. Parasharami , Scott M. Noveck and Donald M. Falk for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

LIU, J.

In this case, we again address whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA; 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) preempts a state law rule that restricts enforcement of terms in arbitration agreements. Here, an employee seeks to bring a class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and similarly situated employees for his employer's alleged failure to compensate its employees for, among other things, overtime and meal and rest periods...

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