Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc.
Arbitration
Whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" to be within the coverage of Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act
question presented is whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a “contract evidencing a _ transaction involving commerce” in order to be within coverage of Section 2 of the FAA, which only then preempts incompatible state law by virtue of the Supremacy Clause, and which under this Court’s decisions in Bernhardt and Lopez, requires evidence that while performing her employment duties Lopez’s activities “substantially affect” interstate commerce. Alternatively, the Court should reconsider its interpretation of “a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce” under Section 2 of the FAA and conclude the FAA preempts incompatible state law only with evidence that while performing her employment duties Lopez’s activities “substantially affect” interstate commerce. i