· 1/14/1998
Richard Oldroyd v. Elmira Savings Bank, Fsb
Citations
- 134 F.3d 72
- 13 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1025
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 524
- 1998 WL 11056
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that claims were within the scope of an arbitration clause because the claims “touched upon matters covered by the ... agreement” containing the clause
- holding that for Title VII claims, arbitration must offer “all of the types of relief that would otherwise be available in court”
- concluding that claims were within the scope of an arbitration clause because the claims \touched upon matters covered by the . . . agreement\ containing the clause
- finding that because plaintiff alleged he was terminated under circumstances that gave rise to a retaliatory discharge claim, the claim touched matters covered by the employment contract and thus was within the scope of the contract’s arbitration clause
- finding agreement “fundamentally at odds with the purposes of Title VII because it completely proscribes an arbitral award of Title VII damages”
- reversing a district court's determination that a retaliatory discharge claim was not within the scope of a broad arbitration clause, based in part on the presumption of arbitrability
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Judges: Kearse, Miner, Cabranes
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