United States Eighth Circuit
Equal Opportunity Employment Comm'n v. Woodmen of the World Life Ins Soc'y, 06-1522
Denial of employer's motion compel its employee to arbitrate her Title VII claims and to stay cross-claims she brought as an intervenor in the EEOC's enforcement action filed against employer is reversed where: 1) her arbitration agreement was not unconscionable; 2) she failed to establish that the costs of arbitration will preclude her from vindicating her statutory rights; and 3) neither Title VII nor the Waffle House opinion precluded the employee from arbitrating her dispute with the employer while, on the other hand, the FAA compelled her to arbitrate the dispute.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/09/2007
- Published 03/09/2007
Judges
- HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, HANSEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kirk S. Blecha, argued, Omaha, NE (Lindsay Kay Lundholm, Baird & Holm, on the brief), for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Patricia S. Bangert, argued, Denver, CO, for appellee Rollins., Paul D. Ramshaw, argued, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for appellee E.E.O.C.