Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Co.

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that Congress demonstrated a clear preference \to expand employees' rights and `to increase the possible remedies available to civil rights plaintiffs'\
• noting that, prior to 1991, Gardner-Denver was widely interpreted as prohibiting any form of compulsory arbitration of Title VII claims
• noting that Congress demonstrated a clear preference “to expand employees’ rights and ‘to increase the possible remedies available to civil rights plaintiffs’ ”
• stating that compulsory arbitration did not include the situation where an employee elects, after a dispute has arisen, to submit claim to arbitration, even if the underlying arbitration agreement is not enforceable
• “[N]either private arbitration nor the judicial act of enforcing it under the FAA constitutes state action.”
• “[UJnder the Civil Rights Act of 1991, employers may not [through compulsory arbitration agreements] compel individuals to waive their Title VII right to a judicial fornm.”

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Cited by

76 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kenneth E. Sutton, Jr. v. Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, a California Non-Profit Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-09-16· cited 442×
• Catherine Ingle v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., a Virginia Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-05-13· cited 290×
• Susan A. Desiderio v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1999-09-22· cited 279×
• Jennifer Kimbrough v. Harden Manufacturing Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-05-22· cited 236×
• Susan M. ROSENBERG, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. and John Wyllys, Defendants, Appellants
  First Circuit· 1999-02-24· cited 231×
• Hooters of America, Inc. v. Phillips
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-04-08· cited 184×
• Sheila Warnock SEUS, Appellant, v. JOHN NUVEEN & CO., INC.
  Third Circuit· 1998-06-08· cited 177×
• Mary KOVELESKIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SBC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. A/K/A SBC Warburg, Inc., Defendant-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-02-04· cited 162×
• The Association Of Mexican-American Educators v. State Of California
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-10-30· cited 146×
• Misty Ferguson v. Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and Leo Deleon Does 1-10, Inclusive
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-23· cited 129×
• Hunter v. Earthgrains Co. Bakery
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-01-30· cited 123×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRANK’S NURSERY & CRAFTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-04-23· cited 119×
• Melissa Belgau v. Jay Inslee
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-09-16· cited 108×
• Williams v. Cigna Financial Advisors Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-12-06· cited 99×
• Circuit City Stores, Inc., a Virginia Corporation v. Monir Najd
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-06-24· cited 93×
• Jonathan Gold v. Deutsche Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Morgan grenfell/c.j. Lawrence, Inc., Peter Nason, and Gregory Williams
  Second Circuit· 2004-04-21· cited 92×
• Rembert v. Ryan’s Family Steak Houses, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1999-07-14· cited 79×
• Lagatree v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-09-13· cited 71×
• United States v. Cruz-Gramajo
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-06-26· cited 69×
• In Re Ronald Gary Watts in Re Yee Kome Kathy Watts, Debtors, Phillip J. Wolfson v. Ronald Gary Watts Yee Kome Kathy Watts
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-08-06· cited 60×

Cites

74 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 9,657×
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 4,825×
• Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-25· cited 4,631×
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 3,702×
• Bailey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-12-06· cited 3,526×
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 3,317×
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-19· cited 3,057×
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U.
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-06· cited 2,861×
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-21· cited 2,560×
• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-13· cited 2,511×
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-12-23· cited 2,489×
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-17· cited 2,347×
• Blum v. Yaretsky
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-25· cited 2,224×
• Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 2,022×
• Brown v. General Services Administration
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 1,934×
• Agostini v. Felton
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 1,924×
• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,711×
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,668×
• Blanchard v. Bergeron
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 1,609×
• Lorillard v. Pons
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-22· cited 1,535×

Other cases named Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Co.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Duffield v. Robertson, Stephens & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1998-11-09· cited 3×
• Duffield v. Robertson, Stephens & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1998-11-09