GILMER v. INTERSTATE/JOHNSON LANE CORP.

No. 88-1796.

895 F.2d 195 (1990)

Robert D. GILMER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERSTATE/JOHNSON LANE CORPORATION, formerly known as Interstate Securities Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bernard Spears, Jr. (Robert S. Phifer, Haynsworth, Baldwin, Miles, Johnson, Greaves and Edwards, P.A., Greenville, S.C., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

W.R. Loftis, Jr. (John T. Allred, Robin E. Shea, Petree, Stockton & Robinson, Winston-Salem, N.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and YOUNG, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

The question before us is whether an agreement between an individual employee and his employer compelling arbitration of all claims arising out of employment is enforceable when the claim against the employer is one for violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (1982 & Supp.1986). The district court ruled that such an arbitration...

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