Legal Opinion
Troy J. Lenz v. Yellow Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2005No. 05-1641PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Yellow Transportation, Inc., (“Yellow”) appeals from the district court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration. Yellow argues that the district court erred in finding that Troy Lenz, a former Customer Service Representative for Yellow, is included in the “transportation worker” exemption of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 1. For the reasons discussed below, we now reverse.
I. Background
Yellow is a transportation company serving primarily as a carrier of general commodities by track. Employment-related disagreements between Yellow and its employees…
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