Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson

Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 2010
Full case name	Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson
Citations	561 U.S. 63 (more)
Holding
Under the Federal Arbitration Act, where an agreement to arbitrate includes an agreement that the arbitrator will determine whether the agreement is enforceable, if a party challenges specifically the enforceability of that particular agreement, the district court considers the challenge. However, if a party challenges the enforceability of the agreement as a whole, the challenge is for the arbitrator.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor
Laws applied
Federal Arbitration Act

Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, 561 U.S. 63 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that under the Federal Arbitration Act, where an agreement to arbitrate includes an agreement that the arbitrator will determine whether the agreement is enforceable, if a party challenges specifically the enforceability of that particular agreement, the district court considers the challenge. However, if a party challenges the enforceability of the agreement as a whole, the challenge is for the arbitrator.^[1][2]