HEURTEBISE v. RELIABLE BUSINESS COMPUTERS

Docket No. 102019, Calendar No. 5.

550 N.W.2d 243 (1996)

452 Mich. 405

Theresa A. HEURTEBISE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RELIABLE BUSINESS COMPUTERS, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodman, Eden, Millender & Bedrosian by Christopher R. Holliday and Julia Sherwin, Detroit, for plaintiff.

Shapack, McCullough & Kanter, P.C. by Alan M. Kanter, Michael R. Shpiece, and Michael L. Geller, Bloomfield Hills, and Walton & Stafford, P.C. by Jonathan T. Walton, Jr., and Laura S. Stafford, Detroit, for defendant.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Rebekah F. Visconti, Assistant Attorney General, Detroit, amici curiae, for Michigan Department of Civil Rights.

Stewart R. Hakola, Marquette, and Gayle C. Rosen, Livonia, amicus curiae, for the Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service.

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Bogas & McIntosh, P.C. by Mary Katherine Norton and Elizabeth A. Cabot, Detroit, amicus curiae, for Michigan State AFL-CIO, International Union UAW, National Employment Lawyers Association, and Michigan Employment Lawyers Association.

Jeanne M. VanderHeide and Jeanne Mirer, Birmingham, amicus curiae, for National Lawyers Guild, Detroit Chapter.

Stark & Gordon by Sheldon J. Stark and Carol A. Laughbaum, Royal Oak, amicus curiae, for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, and Wolverine Bar Association.

Clark, Hill, P.L.C. by Duane L. Tarnacki, J. Walker Henry, and Patricia S. Bordman, Detroit, amicus curiae, for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Amberg, McNenly, Zuschlag, Firestone & Lee, P.C. by Joseph H. Firestone, Southfield, amicus curiae, for Michigan Education Association.

Vercruysse, Metz & Murray by Diane M. Soubly and David B. Calzone, Bingham Farms, amicus curiae, for American Society of Employers, American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, and Michigan Chamber of Commerce.


MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, Justice.

We are asked in this case to address whether the instant parties have created a binding arbitration agreement with respect to employment discrimination claims accruing subsequent to such an agreement. If yes, then we would need to address whether such agreements between employers and employees, entered into as a condition of employment, violate public policy in Michigan. We hold that no binding agreement was created in this case. Consequently...

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