Legal Opinion
Rosenberg v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 26, 1998No. Civ.A. 96-12267-NGPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GERTNER, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION.........................................................191
II. BACKGROUND....................................... 193
III. DISCUSSION......................... 194
A. The Case Law From Alexander v. Gardner-Denver To Gilmer..............194
1. The rule against mandatory arbitration of statutory claims ...........194
2. The shift to a presumption in favor of arbitrability...................195
3. The perceived inapplicability or Mitsubishi to civil rights claims.....196
a. The inappropriateness of free market presumptions in…
2Cases cited76 opinions
- Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Susan M. ROSENBERG, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. and John Wyllys, Defendants, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Halligan v. Piper Jaffray, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Jonathan Gold v. Deutsche Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Morgan grenfell/c.j. Lawrence, Inc., Peter Nason, and Gregory WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Lirette v. Shiva Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
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