Originally from Journal of American Arbitration (JAA)

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I. INTRODUCTION. 

II. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND ARBITRATION AS CREATURES OF CONTRACT 

III. GROUNDS FOR REVIEW 

IV. TEXTUALISM AND THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT 

V. PLANTING THE SEEDS:  THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN VOLT 

VI. COURTS ALLOWING CONTRACTUAL ALTERATION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW 

A. Introduction 

B. A District Court Takes the First Step 

C. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 

1. Gateway Technologies, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications    Corp. 

2. Hughes Training, Inc. v. Cook 

D. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

E. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 

F. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 

VII. COURTS PROHIBITING CONTRACTUAL EXPANSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW 

A. Introduction 

B. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 

C. The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 

D. The Reversal of the Ninth Circuit 

VIII. REFUSING TO TAKE A STAND:  THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT’S TWO-STEP SHUFFLE 

A. Introduction 

B. UHC Management Co. v. Computer Sciences Corp. 

C. Schoch v. info USA, Inc. 

IX. EFFECTS OF EXPANDED JUDICIAL REVIEW 

X. TRADITIONAL CONCERNS AND RECENT PROPOSALS 

XI. A SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVE, SOLUTION 

XII. ON LAW 

XIII. PRIVATE CONTRACTUAL EXPANSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW VIOLATES THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER 

A. Introduction 

B. The Framers’ Original Intent 

C. Expanded Judicial Review and Constitutional Order 

XIV. CONCLUSION