BERCOVITCH v. BALDWIN SCHOOL, INC.

No. 97-1739.

133 F.3d 141 (1998)

Jason BERCOVITCH, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. BALDWIN SCHOOL, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ramirez-Hernandez, with whom Nora Vargas-Acosta and Vargas & Ramirez, Rio Piedras, PR, were on brief, for appellees.

Alfredo Fernandez-Martinez, with whom Maria Eugenia Rodriguez-Lopez and Martinez Alvarez, Menendez Cortada & Lefranc Romero, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellants.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and DICLERICO, District Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a dispute between a private non-special needs school, and a student with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and his parents. It requires us to decide, as a matter of first impression in this circuit, whether a plaintiff may be compelled to arbitrate claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) where the plaintiff had voluntarily signed an agreement requiring arbitration. Because the district court...

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