Legal Opinion
Britto v. Prospect Chartercare Sjhsri, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 30, 2018No. 18-1422PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to referee yet another arbitration controversy "in which the parties are litigating whether or not they should be litigating." Rejecting Sylvester Britto's claims about the (supposed) unenforceability of the arbitration agreement before us, we affirm the district judge's order sending his case to arbitration.
Setting the Stage
Arbitration Agreement
The key facts are undisputed and easily stated. Britto is an African-American. In March 1987, when he was 26, he began working as an at-will employee for St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island ("St. Joseph," to…
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