Employer-Employee: Race Discrimination-Unlawful Retaliation-Motion to Compel Arbitration

Staff Report//November 13, 2023//

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Defendant appealed the denial of its motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s employment discrimination and retaliation claims.

Where the parties disputed the existence of a valid arbitration agreement, the district court was empowered to decide the issue of arbitrability and was not obligated to refer the issue to arbitration.

Judgment is affirmed.

Hughes v. Team Car Care, LLC (MLW No. 80702/Case No. 23-2531– 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Perry, J.

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