Key legal question
Whether the Federal Supreme Court should suspend the appeal and remand the case so the arbitrator first rules on the validity of the arbitration agreement and his own competence.
Extracted holding
No. The request for suspension was unjustified; the court could examine the validity of the arbitration agreement and the waiver clause as a preliminary matter.
Extracted reasoning
The arbitrator addressed recusal first with the parties' agreement, and the Supreme Court could itself examine the validity of the arbitration agreement and appeal waiver without prior remand.