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The Court must decide who resolves this threshold dispute."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 13-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 13-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-19"}]},{"heading":"How the case got here","paragraphs":["The Supreme Court heard oral argument in this case on February 28, 2024."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"}]},{"heading":"What each side wants","paragraphs":["Coinbase 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It affects how courts handle ambiguous arbitration clauses. It shapes the balance between judicial review and private arbitration."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 13-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 13-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-19"}]},{"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 10, lines 41-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 41-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 15-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 15-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 47-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 47-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 51-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 51-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 13-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 13-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 31-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 31-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 21-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 21-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 43-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 43-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 23-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 23-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 49-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 49-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 33-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 33-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 39-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 39-43"}]}],"slug":"2023-23-3-coinbase-inc-v-suski","term":"2023","title":"Who decides if a crypto user must arbitrate?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 13-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 13-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-3_g21a.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-19"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":"latest_argument_date","updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}