Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Van Alst v. Harrell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 29, 2017No. WD 80421PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlok Ahuja, Judge
Relators Renee Van Alst and Melvin Shelton are former employees of Rainbow USA, Inc. They sued Rainbow, and a supervisor at Rainbow, alleging claims under the Missouri Human Rights: Act and the Minimum Wage Law. The circuit court granted the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. Van Alst and Shelton filed a petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition in this Court to challenge the order compelling arbitration. We issued a preliminary writ, which we now make permanent.
Factual Background'
Van Alst and Shelton worked at a store operated by Rainbow in Kansas City. Pamela Thomas was a…
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