Professor Horton Authors Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Arbitration Case
Professor David Horton wrote an amicus brief on behalf of a group of concerned California law professors in an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case, DIRECTV v. Imburgia.
The case concerns a 2014 California Court of Appeal decision that interpreted DIRECTV's contract to allow its customers to bring a class action in court, rather than arbitrate their claims on an individual basis. Writing on behalf of 20 California law professors, including those from Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, as well as UC Davis Professors Bill Dodge, John Hunt, and Rex Perschbacher, Horton challenges DIRECTV's argument that California courts have been "hostile" to arbitration.
Professor Horton joined the King Hall faculty in 2012 to teach in the area of Trusts, Wills, and Estates, Contracts, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He earned his law degree at UCLA, where he graduated Order of the Coif in 2004 and served as Chief Articles Editor of the UCLA Law Review. He then practiced at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster and clerked for the Honorable Ronald M. Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He has also taught as Loyola Law School and UC Berkeley School of Law.