MAZERA v. VARSITY FORD MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC

Nos. 08-1453, 08-1515.

565 F.3d 997 (2009)

Omari MAZERA, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. VARSITY FORD MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph H. Spiegel, Joseph H. Spiegel, P.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant. Ernest Raymond Bazzana, Plunkett Cooney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Joseph H. Spiegel, Joseph H. Spiegel, P.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant. Ernest Raymond Bazzana, Plunkett Cooney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: GUY, GILMAN, and COOK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Omari Mazera was fired from his job as a car porter at Varsity Ford Services, LLC. After filing a lawsuit against his former employer on the basis of race and disability discrimination, he moved the district court to declare that his prior written agreement to arbitrate this type of dispute was not enforceable. The district court denied the motion, holding that the arbitration agreement was binding on Mazera. But...

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