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PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. LAI

No. 92-55902.

42 F.3d 1299 (1994)

The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA, a New Jersey Corporation, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Justine LAI; Elvira Viernes, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. West and Michael Maroko, Carla D. Barboza, Allred, Maroko, Goldberg, & Ribakoff, Los Angeles, CA, for respondents-appellants.

Kenwood C. Youmans, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner-appellee.

Jon W. Davidson, California Women's Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae for respondents-appellants.

Thomas G. Wood, Brown & Wood, San Francisco, CA, for Securities Industry Ass'n, Inc., for amicus curiae for petitioner-appellee.

Before: HUG, SCHROEDER, and WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER,

Concurrence by Judge NORRIS.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a district court order compelling arbitration, under the Federal Arbitration Act, of statutory sexual harassment and discrimination claims. The appellants filed their claims in state court, alleging that while employed by appellee Prudential Insurance Company in 1989 and 1990, they were the victims of serious sexual discrimination and abuse by...

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