Legal Opinion
Hooper v. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Missouri, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2009No. 08-3252PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Litigation or arbitration? Patricia Hooper (Hooper) 1 and Josephine Vaughan (collectively, Plaintiffs) want to litigate a class action against their payday lender, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Missouri, Inc. (Advance America), in federal court. Advance America, invoking a clause in Plaintiffs’ loans, wants to stay all litigation and compel Plaintiffs to binding arbitration. The district court 2 held Advance America waived its right to arbitration when it filed an extensive motion to dismiss. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs and Advance America entered into a…
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