Arbitration of disputes continues to be favored by the U.S. Supreme Court. Not only can securities brokers contractually funnel disputes away from state civil courts and into arbitration panels, but now employers attempt to do so as well with Federal Court approval.The Supreme Court has decided that the Federal Arbitration Act includes all contracts for employment except those involving seamen, rail-road employees or "any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce." It is this "other class of workers" that brought the case Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams to the attention of the nation's high court.
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