Ninth Circuit· 8/17/2007

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc.

Citations

498 F.3d 976
2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19560
2007 WL 2332068

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noting that appellant argued class proceedings would hinder the “speed, simplicity, cost savings, informality, and reduced adversariality” of arbitration and lead to companies abandoning arbitration
noting that individual damages of less than $1,000 qualify as small amounts for the purpose of determining whether class action waivers are enforceable under California law
noting that appellant argued class proceedings would hinder the “speed, simplicity, cost savings, informality, and reduced adversariality” of arbitration and lead to companies abandoning arbitration
noting that individual damages of less than $1,000 qualify as small amounts for the purpose of determining whether class action waivers are enforceable under California law
holding class action waiver in cellular phone contract unconscionable under California law
finding “individual damages in the hundreds of dollars” to be “an objectively small amount” and “a small enough sum to satisfy” the requirement that the arbitration agreement occur in a setting in which disputes will predictably involve small amounts of damages

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Judges: Nelson, Reinhardt, Rymer

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