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Oct. 18, 2017

Plaintiffs present First Amendment challenge to arbitration before 9th Circuit

Judicial interpretation of the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, an attorney representing a class of consumers suing AT&T Mobility LLC argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Plaintiffs present First Amendment challenge to arbitration before 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher at the 9th Circuit Courthouse in SF.

Judicial interpretation of the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act violates the First Amendment, an attorney representing a proposed class of consumers suing AT&T Mobility LLC argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.

Alexander H. Schmidt, who represents the plaintiffs, said that a string of U.S. Supreme Court decisions upholding employee and consumer arbitration agreements which preclude plaintiffs from pursuing t...

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