Franchisees Ask High Court To Decide Dispute Over Intent To Delegate Arbitrability Issues

Mealey's (December 17, 2020, 10:13 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two commercial cleaning business franchisees asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 27 to resolve a circuit court split and decide whether a passing reference to a set of arbitration rules constitutes “clear and unmistakable” intent to delegate arbitrability issues to an arbitrator, rather than a court (Ericka Richardson, et al. v. Coverall North America Inc., et al., No. 20-763, U.S. Sup.)....