ISSUE:
Whether Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) precludes a state law interpretation of an arbitration agreement which would authorize class arbitration based on general language commonly used in arbitration agreements?
RULE:
The Doctrine of Contra Proferentem, which roughly translates to “guilt of the drafter”, usually applied in contract law states that any clause or term considered to be ambiguous in an agreement should be interpreted against the party which requestion or included the clause in the first place.