Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock · ¶14

Start with the statutory text. Section 1's exemption applies to “workers engaged in . . . interstate commerce.” When the FAA was enacted, to “engage” meant to “take part in” something or to be “employ[ed]” or “involve[d]” in that thing. Black's Law Dictionary 661 (3d ed. 1933) (Black's); see also Webster's New International Dictionary 725 (1913) (“To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort”). And “interstate commerce” meant “[t]raffc,” “intercourse,” or “the transportation of persons or property between or among the several states of the Union, or from or between points in one state and points in another state.” Black's 1001; see also Cyclopedic Law Dictionary 548 (2d ed. 1922) (Cyclopedic) (“A shipment from one state to another under a contract for continuous carriage is interstate commerce, even as to so much of the journey…

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