SAFRIT v. CONE MILLS CORPORATION

No. 99-2677.

248 F.3d 306 (2001)

Lori A. SAFRIT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONE MILLS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nancy Renee Gaines, Salisbury, North Carolina, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Donald Ross Hamilton, Jr., Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson & Greaves, L.L.C., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Defendant-Appellee.

ON BRIEF: James M. Powell, Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson & Greaves, L.L.C., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, TRAXLER, Circuit Judge, and James C. CACHERIS, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published PER CURIAM opinion.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The issue in this case is whether a plaintiff can proceed with a Title VII claim in federal court in the face of a Collective Bargaining Agreement which explicitly states that Title VII claims would be subject to binding arbitration. In accordance with our precedent and the Supreme Court's recent reaffirmation of the validity of arbitration for employment disputes, we affirm the judgment...

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