United States Seventh Circuit

An arbitration agreement, which bars an employee's ability to recover attorneys' fees under Title VII, is unenforceable where counsel made a binding judicial admission of such unenforceability at oral argument.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/26/2001
• Decided 08/05/2002
• Published 08/05/2002

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.