United States Fourth Circuit

In an employment discrimination claim, denial of plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration is vacated where the district court erred when it looked beyond the parties' Arbitration Agreement and determined that it was not supported by consideration.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/25/2005
• Decided 06/22/2005
• Published 06/22/2005

Judges

• Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Fred Saul Sommer, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant.  Patrick Joseph Massari, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.  Daniel H. Handman, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant.