Legal Opinion
Jonah P. Anders, and All Others Similarly Situated v. Hometown Mortgage Services, Inc., Mortgage Brokers Group of Tuscaloosa
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 2003No. 02-14448PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This is another arbitration dispute in which the parties are litigating whether or not they should be litigating. The familiar scenario is that the parties agree in writing to arbitrate any disputes between them, but then one party files a lawsuit taking the position that the agreement to arbitrate is inapplicable, invalid, or unenforceable for one reason or another. Here the plaintiff contends the agreement to arbitrate does not cover his federal statutory claims, is unenforceable because he cannot afford to arbitrate, and is invalid because it does not afford him the…
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