In re the Arbitration between Teleserve Systems, Inc. & MCI Telecommunications Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Denman, P. J.
This appeal requires us to decide whether the various challenges by petitioner to arbitration clauses contained in agreements between petitioner and respondents should be determined by Supreme Court of by the arbitrator. We are also presented with the novel question whether a $204,000 arbitration filing fee required by talóse clauses is unconscionable and against public policy anc| thus unenforceable. We conclude that the challenges to the ^arbitration clauses are for the court to determine and that, as matter of law, the filing *587fee is so excessive as to be…
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