United States First Circuit

Plaintiffs were required to arbitrate their Truth in Lending Act claims where 1) a demand for rescission did not have the automatic effect of invalidating a loan agreement, and 2) objections to an attorney's fees provision in the arbitration agreement can be raised at arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2002
• Published 08/20/2002

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher M. Lefebvre, with whom Daniel A. Edelman, Law Offices of Claude Lefebvre & Sons, and Edelman, Combs & Latturner, LLC, were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Bruce Allensworth, with whom Irene C. Freidel, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Steven E. Snow, and Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP were on brief, for appellees.