ARCINIAGA v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 05-6299-CV.

460 F.3d 231 (2006)

Anthony L. ARCINIAGA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McGrath, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA (Carol E. Head and Diane C. Hertz, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Steven H. LaBonte, Bellavia Gentile & Associates, LLP, Mineola, N.Y. (Leonard A. Bellavia, Stephen A. Somerstein, and Christine Staiano, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN and RAGGI, Circuit Judges, and KARAS, District Judge.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from a dispute between Anthony L. Arciniaga and General Motors Corporation ("GM"). The merits of that dispute, however, are not today's concern. Instead, our task is to determine if the Motor Vehicle Franchise Contract Arbitration Fairness Act of 2002 (the "MVFCAFA") limits GM's ability to enforce its arbitration agreement with Arciniaga. The district court found that it does. We find that it does not. Thus, we reverse the...

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