Mathews v. Denver Newspaper Agency LLP

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

This case concerns the efforts of John Mathews, formerly a unionized employee of Denver Newspaper Agency, LLP (the “Agency”), to litigate certain statutory employment discrimination claims despite having previously arbitrated similar contractual claims to a final, adverse determination. Believing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, 556 U.S. 247, 129 S.Ct. 1456, 173 L.Ed.2d 398 (2009), to control the issue, the district court gave the arbitral decision preclusive force and granted summary judgment against Mathews on all…