Legal Opinion
Great Western Mortgage Corporation v. Michele Peacock
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 3, 1997No. 96-5273PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the issue of whether a district court, pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 1 should compel arbitration of a sexual harassment claim based on New Jersey’s Law against Discrimination.
On August 8, 1994, the plaintiff, Michele Peacock, a resident of New Jersey, applied for work as a mortgage consultant at defendant Great Western Mortgage Corporation, which was incorporated in Delaware. At the time of her application, but before she had been employed, she signed a Certification agreeing:
to submit any dispute related to my…
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