CAMPBELL v. GENERAL DYNAMICS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS

No. 04-1828.

407 F.3d 546 (2005)

Roderick CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION and Richard T. Schnorbus, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Telegen, with whom Claudia T. Centomini, Christopher J. Powell, and Foley Hoag LLP were on brief, for appellants.

Ann Elizabeth Reesman and McGuiness Norris & Williams, LLP on brief for Equal Employment Advisory Council, amicus curiae.

Martin J. Newhouse, Andrew R. Grainger, and Ben Robbins on brief for New England Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

John N. Lewis, with whom Lawrence R. Mehl and John N. Lewis & Associates were on brief, for appellee.

Elizabeth E. Theran, Attorney, with whom Eric S. Dreiband, General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis, Acting Associate General Counsel, and Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, were on brief, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, amicus curiae.

Before SELYA, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal calls upon us to consider the enforceability of a mandatory arbitration agreement, contained in a dispute resolution policy linked to an e-mailed company-wide announcement, insofar as it applies to employment discrimination claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Our analysis turns on whether the employer provided minimally sufficient notice of the contractual nature of the e-mailed policy and of the concomitant...

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