The justices, in a 5-4 decision, overturned a lower court's ruling involving a user who sued after a scammer stole money from his account.
The lower court had let a proposed class action lawsuit proceed while Coinbase pressed its appeal contending that the claims belong in arbitration.
The justices dismissed a second case that Coinbase had asked it to review.
It makes sense that lower court litigation should be paused while an appellate court decides whether a case belongs in court at all."
In both cases, federal judges had refused to force the claims into arbitration, as the company argued the user agreements required.
Persons:
Coinbase, Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, irretrievably, Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jackson, Katherine Minarik, Minarik, Abraham Bielski, duping, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Will Dunham
Organizations:
U.S, Supreme, Conservative, Liberal, Circuit, Thomson
Locations:
California, dogecoin, San Francisco, New York, Washington