United States Eleventh Circuit

An employee's refusal to agree to a compulsory arbitration provision regarding employment discrimination claims does not constitute protected activity for the purposes of alleging a prima facie case of retaliation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2002
• Published 05/22/2002

Judges

• MARTIN, District Judge:, Before CARNES and FAY, Circuit Judges, and MARTIN , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, for Equal Advisory Council and Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan B. Lowe,Lowe, Mobley & Lowe, Haleyville, AL, Susan Salonimer Wagner, Frank S. James, III, Berkowitz, Lefkovits, Isom & Kushner, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant., Rocco Calamusa, Jr., Brian M. Clark, Dennis George Pantazis, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.