United States Eighth Circuit

Fee-splitting provision in arbitration agreement does not, by itself, make the agreement unconscionable; rather, the court must conduct a case-by-case review to determine whether the fees are cost-prohibitive and preclude the vindication of statutory rights in an arbitral forum; if so, the court should sever that clause and then compel arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2004
• Published 05/21/2004

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Robert Werner, argued, Des Moines, Iowa (Elizabeth A. Katz, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Amada Frost, argued, Washington, D.C. (Mark D. Sherinian, Scott L. Nelson, on the brief), for appellee.