Legal Opinion

Ellerbee v. GameStop, Inc.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided April 2, 2009No. 3:08-cv-30187PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND DISMISS, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO STAY PENDING ARBITRATION (Dkt. No. 5)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant GameStop, Inc. moves to dismiss or, in the alternative, to stay this employment discrimination suit pending arbitration with Plaintiff Willie Ellerbee. Plaintiff is suing Defendant for race discrimination under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158B, § 1 and retaliation under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158B, § 4. Defendant seeks to enforce an agreement that it contends requires disputes of this kind to be settled by an…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. PyettSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Susan M. ROSENBERG, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. and John Wyllys, Defendants, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  3. Jason Bercovitch v. Baldwin School, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  4. O'Brien v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  5. Campbell v. General Dynamics Government Systems Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Soto v. STATE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
  2. Bekele v. Lyft, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2016
  3. Cara New v. Gamestop, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2013
  4. United States ex rel. Hagerty v. Cyberonics, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2015
  5. Awuah v. Coverall North America, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012

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