(October 7, 2015, 11:54 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A California appellate panel erred when it refused to enforce an arbitration clause contained in a cable provider’s customer agreement, the attorney for the cable provider argued Oct. 6 before the U.S. Supreme Court (DIRECTV, Inc. v. Amy Imburgia, et al., No. 14-462, U.S. Sup.).

(Oral arguments transcript available. Document #43-151016-001T.)

“The agreement provides for individual arbitration and expressly precludes class arbitration. And just to underscore that point, it specifies that if state law would force the parties into class arbitration, then the...