High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 2001. The case concerned whether the "section one exemption" of the Federal Arbitration Act applied to an employment contract of an employee at Circuit City Stores. The Court held that the exemption was limited to the specific listing of professions contained in the text. This meant that general employment contracts, like the one Adams sued under, would have to be arbitrated in accordance with the federal statute.