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9 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 516 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co..

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1 United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. Anchor
scotus · 1960
green “arbitration is a matter of contract and a party cannot be required to submit to arbitration any dispute which he has not agreed so to submit.” 207
2 United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
scotus · 1960
green “a party cannot be required to submit to arbitration any dispute which he has not agreed so to submit.” 74
3 Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U.
scotus · 1989
green “simply requires courts to enforce privately negotiated agreements to arbitrate, like other contracts, in accordance with their terms.” 53
4 Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U.
scotus · 1989
green “does not require parties to arbitrate when they have not agreed to do so.” 52
5 Webb v. Investacorp, Inc.
ca5 · 1996
green “whether legal constraints external to the parties' agreement foreclosed the arbitration of those claims.” 35
6 Ted Kubala, Jr. v. Supreme Production Svc, Inc.
ca5 · 2016
green “whether the parties entered into any arbitration agreement at all.” 30
7 Compucredit Corp. v. Greenwood
scotus · 2012
green “requires courts to enforce agreements to arbitrate according to their terms.” 24
8 Webb v. Investacorp, Inc.
ca5 · 1996
green “apply ordinary state-law principles that govern the formation of contracts.” 21
9 IQ Products Company v. WD-40 Company
ca5 · 2017
green “this first step is a question of contract formation only-did the parties form a valid agreement to arbitrate some set of claims.” 20

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