Green Tree Financial Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph

Green Tree Financial Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 3, 2000 Decided December 11, 2000
Full case name	Green Tree Financial Corporation - Alabama and Green Tree Financial Corporation v. Larketta Randolph
Docket no.	99-1235
Citations	531 U.S. 79 (more) 121 S. Ct. 513; 148 L. Ed. 2d 373
Case history
Prior	Randolph v. Green Tree Financial Corp., 991 F. Supp. 1410 (M.D. Ala. 1997); reversed, 178 F.3d 1149 (11th Cir. 1999); cert. granted, 529 U.S. 1052 (2000).
Subsequent	244 F.3d 814 (11th Cir. 2001)
Holding
(1) An order compelling arbitration pursuant to an agreement is a "final decision with respect to arbitration" (2) An arbitration agreement that is silent on arbitration costs and fees is enforceable
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas; Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer (in part)
Concur/dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Souter; Breyer (in part)
Laws applied
Federal Arbitration Act

Green Tree Financial Corp-Ala. v. Randolph, 531 U.S. 79 (2000), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court. The case dealt with the enforceability of arbitration agreements that did not discuss the cost of the arbitration itself and with the finality of certain arbitration decisions.