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· 2/26/2013

Gary Klein v. Nabors Drilling USA, L.P.

Citations

  • 710 F.3d 234
  • 96 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,772
  • 2013 WL 690493
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 3948
  • 117 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 672

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the scope inquiry requires courts to apply “federal policy and (continue) Of Leland Stanford Junior Univ., 489 U.S. 468, 474, 109 S.Ct. 1248, 1253, 103 L.Ed.2d 488 (1989
  • noting the court “resolve[s] ambiguities in favor of arbitration” when “determining the scope of a valid arbitration agreement”
  • noting the court “resolve[s] ambiguities in favor of arbitration” when “determining the scope of a valid arbitration agreement”
  • “the initial question of whether there is a valid agreement to arbitrate usually concerns matters of contract formation”
  • acknowledgment employee signed stating ADR program with arbitration was not “intended to violate or restrict any rights of employees guaranteed by state or federal law” did not make arbitration nonexclusive
  • when “determining the scope of a valid arbitration agreement,” the court “appl[ies] federal policy”

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Judges: Jones, Garza, Prado

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