United States Seventh Circuit

Because attorney's fee clause in arbitration agreement between plaintiff and her employer purports to prevent plaintiff from effectively vindicating her rights in the arbitral forum by preemptively denying her statutory right to attorney's fees authorized by Title VII, the arbitration agreement is unenforceable, and district court's order compelling arbitration reversed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/26/2001
• Decided 04/04/2002
• Published 04/04/2002

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before:  BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jamie G. Sypulski (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frederick L. Schwartz, Shanthi V. Gaur (argued), Littler Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.