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AT&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America

AT&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America, 475 U.S. 643 (1986)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year1986

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Whether a collective-bargaining dispute is arbitrable is a question for the court, not the arbitrator, unless the parties clearly and unmistakably provide otherwise; in deciding arbitrability the court must not rule on the merits of the underlying grievance.

Area of Law

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