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Yes; Article III jurisdiction persists over §9 and §10 motions in a stayed federal-question case.

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Supreme Court opinion

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties

Sonia Sotomayor

Author
Sonia Sotomayor
Filed
2026-05-14
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Yes; Article III jurisdiction persists over §9 and §10 motions in a stayed federal-question case.

Whether Article III permits a federal court to exercise jurisdiction over motions to confirm or vacate an arbitral award under FAA §§9 and §10 after issuing a §3 stay in a prior federal-question case, when the motions lack an independent statutory basis for jurisdiction.

Constitutional concerns with the original

  1. Relies on post-1900 precedents like Badgerow (2022), Vaden (2009), and Spizzirri (2024) rather than Article III text and ratification-era views of federal judicial power over pending cases.
  2. Assesses jurisdiction through FAA structure without grounding in constitutional case-or-controversy requirement, risking extension beyond original limits on federal courts.

Solution text

1) The question is whether a federal court retains Article III jurisdiction to hear motions under FAA §§9 and §10 to confirm or vacate an arbitral award after staying original federal claims under §3, even without independent jurisdiction on the motions' face. 2) Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 extends 'the judicial Power... to all Cases... arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States'; Article III, Section 1 vests 'the judicial Power of the United States... in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may... ordain and establish'; Congress validly conferred jurisdiction via laws like 28 U.S.C. §1331 for cases arising under federal laws such as the FAA. 3) At ratification, Founders understood federal courts to hear all 'cases' presenting live controversies under federal law from filing until final resolution, without extinguishing jurisdiction via stays; Federalist No. 78 describes judicial power as extending to full disposition of suits properly invoked, and equity courts routinely supervised private dispute resolutions like arbitrations common in 1789 commerce. Bill of Rights reinforces via Fifth Amendment Due Process, ensuring stayed litigants a federal forum for final adjudication. 4) The holding is yes: the original federal-question case remains a live Article III 'case' after a §3 stay, empowering the court to resolve §9/§10 motions integral to closing it; no constitutional bar exists absent dismissal. 5) Downstream, federal courts superintend stayed arbitrations to judgment without new filings; standalone §9/§10 actions require independent jurisdiction; promotes efficient federal oversight of FAA-mandated processes.

Operative provisions

remedy
Affirm district court confirmation of the award and Second Circuit judgment.
stare decisis treatment
Ignores post-1900 precedents; rests solely on constitutional text and ratification understandings.
scope of holding
Limited to §3-stayed cases with original §1331 jurisdiction; excludes freestanding §9/§10 petitions.

Bipartisan rationale

Textualism restores original federal court role in resolving disputes under U.S. laws—honoring Democratic traditions of federal protections for workers' claims (Fifth Amendment due process in Jules's discrimination suit) and Republican originalist limits on jurisdiction expansion, avoiding judge-made doctrines that complicate arbitration enforcement.

Constitutional citations

  • → Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
  • → Article III, Section 1
  • → Fifth Amendment
  • → Federalist No. 78

Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 Article III, Section 1 Amendment V

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