US Supreme Court Clears Up the Stay/Dismissal Circuit Split

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For some time, there has been a federal circuit split on whether a district court may dismiss a case where a dispute is subject to arbitration under section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) and one of the parties asks the court to stay the action pending arbitration rather than dismiss the proceeding. That question has now been answered by a unanimous Court.

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