What Did the U

question 29

Multiple Choice

What did the U.S.Supreme Court rule in the case of Robert Gilmer v.Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation involving whether a claim under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act was subject to arbitration?

• A) That the agreement by which the plaintiff agreed to arbitrate all employment disputes as a condition of his employment was valid.
• B) That the text of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibited arbitration.
• C) That the EEOC would be bound by the employee's agreement to arbitrate all employment disputes and that, therefore, requiring arbitration would be improper.
• D) That compulsory arbitration improperly deprived the plaintiff of a public forum through which to prove his claims.
• E) That arbitration was an inadequate remedy because arbitrators may not fashion equitable remedies.

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