The opinion
I concur in the result. On remand the issue of whether the transaction "involved" interstate commerce should be analyzed by reference directly to Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc. , 539 U.S. 52 , 123 S.Ct. 2037 , 156 L.Ed.2d 46 (2003), which reversed Sisters of the Visitation v. Cochran Plastering Co. , 775 So.2d 759 (Ala. 2000). In my opinion, Service Corp. International v. Fulmer , 883 So.2d 621 (Ala. 2003), and Bowen v. Security Pest Control, Inc. , 879 So.2d 1139 (Ala. 2003), gratuitously and invalidly expand Citizens Bank , which is already expansive enough, in identifying the characteristics of a transaction that will constitute such "involvement" of interstate commerce as will support the application of the Federal Arbitration Act. See my special writings in Fulmer and Bowen .