Supreme Court Grants Cert in DirecTV Arbitration Case

The Supreme Court granted DirecTV’s motion for cert appealing a California Second District Court of Appeals decision on a class-action lawsuit brought against the company over early termination fees, the high court’s website said. DirecTV had sought to have the litigation dismissed in favor of arbitration but the U.S. district and appeals courts ruled that despite a customer agreement that compelled arbitration, the plaintiffs could bring a class-action lawsuit against the satellite carrier.