PRYNER v. TRACTOR SUPPLY CO.

Nos. 96-2437, 96-2892.

109 F.3d 354 (1997)

Vincent L. PRYNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, Counterclaim Defendant, v. TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Counterclaim Plaintiff. Eugene SOBIERAJSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOESEN TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Groth, Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Towe, Bobby A. Potters, Indianapolis, IN, Marsha S. Berzon (argued), Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon & Rubin, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 96-2437.

David L. Swider, Scott A. Weathers, Bose, McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, Charles W. Pautsch (argued), James B. Sherman, Brian A. Price, Wessels & Pautsch, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellant in No. 96-2437.

Paul Bogas, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Robert E. Williams, Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Douglas A. Darch, Marcia A. Mahoney, Eric J. Gorman, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, amicus curiae Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

Thomas R. Meites, Paul W. Mollica, Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger, Chicago, IL, Richard T, Seymour, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, amicus curiae Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Thomas R. Meites, Paul W. Mollica, Cynthia A. Wilson, Clyde Murphy, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chicago, IL, amicus curiae Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

Barry A. Gomberg (argued), Gomberg & Associates, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 96-2892.

Charles W. Pautsch (argued), Frank A. Gumina, Brian A. Price, Wessels & Pautsch Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellant in No. 96-2892.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated the appeals in two employment discrimination cases that raise the same two issues: Are arbitration clauses in collective bargaining agreements other than in the maritime, railroad, and other transportation industries subject to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.? And can a collective bargaining agreement compel an employee to arbitrate a claim that he may have under one of the federal statutes...

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