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The dispute centers on who decides contract validity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 37-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 37-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 15-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 15-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 51, lines 31-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 51, lines 31-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 54, lines 45-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 54, lines 45-47"}]},{"heading":"How the case got 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It shapes access to arbitration. It impacts consumer protection laws."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 37-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 37-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 15-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 15-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 51, lines 31-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 51, lines 31-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 54, lines 45-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 54, lines 45-47"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 15-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 15-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 41-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 41-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2005/04-1264.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 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