Court Opinion

ID: 9585677
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:02:43.006805+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:51.547729
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Gregory, Justice,
concurring specially.
I agree with the result reached in this case and with what is said in parts (a) and (b) of Division 3. While an argument can be made as set out in part (c) of Division 3,1 believe it is not the correct analysis.
I cannot agree with the majority’s suggestion that Jackson Transit Auth. v. Local Div. 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union, 457 U. S. 15 (102 SC 2202, 72 LE2d 639) (1982), recognizes an exception to the application of § 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to collective bargaining agreements made under § 13 (c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (UMTA). The Supreme Court simply pointed out in that case that the legislative history of § 13 (c) indicates a Congressional intent for collective-bargaining contracts between UMTA aid recipients and transit unions to be governed by state law applied in state courts. The court did not address the applicability of § 2 of the FAA to § 13 (c) UMTA agreements. However, Southland Corp. v. Keating, 465 U. S._ (104 SC 852, 79 LE2d 1) (1984) holds that Congress intended § 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act to be used to enforce arbitration agreements in cases litigated in state courts and governed by state law. The court points out in Southland that the FAA reflects a broad national policy in favor of arbitration “unencumbered by state law restraints.” 104 SC at 859. The “purpose of the Act was to assure those who desired arbitration and whose contracts related to interstate commerce that their expectations would not be undermined by federal judges or ... by state courts or legislatures.” 104 SC at 860, quoting Metro Industrial Painting Corp. v. Terminal Constr. Co., 287 F2d 382, 387 (2nd Cir. 1961) (Lumbard, Chief Judge, concurring).