SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., PETITIONER v. LATRICE SAXON, 596 U.S. 450

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-Under 9 U.S.C.S. § 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act, a ramp supervisor who frequently loaded and unloaded cargo on and off airplanes that travelled in interstate commerce belonged to a class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce that was exempted from the Act’s coverage. Section 1’s plain text sufficed to show that airplane cargo loaders were exempt from the Act’s scope, and the Supreme Court had no warrant to elevate vague invocations of statutory purpose over the words Congress chose.