Legal Opinion
Lowden v. T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2008No. 06-35395PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
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The issues on appeal are whether the arbitration provisions in Defendant T-Mobile’s service agreements with two of its customers are enforceable under Washington state law and, if not, whether the state law is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16. After two consumers of T-Mobile’s cellular phone service brought a class action against T-Mobile in state court for breach of contract and violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act (the “CPA”), Wash. Rev.Code § 19.86.010-19.86.920, T-Mobile removed the case to federal district court and…
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