KIRLEIS v. DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE, P.C.

No. 07-3504.

560 F.3d 156 (2009)

Alyson J. KIRLEIS, Appellee, v. DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE, P.C., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed March 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Friedman, (Argued), Gloria A. Aiello Friedman & Friedman, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellee.

Martin J. Saunders, (Argued), Sunshine R. Fellows, Donna J. Geary, Jackson Lewis, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellant.

Before: SMITH, HARDIMAN and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we consider a question of first impression under Pennsylvania law: whether a shareholder/director may be compelled to arbitrate her civil rights claims pursuant to corporate bylaws to which she has not explicitly assented. When first presented with this issue, we petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to certify the question because we found that it exposed tension between corporate law principles...

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