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ESCOBAR-NOBLE v. LUXURY HOTELS INTERN. PUERTO RICO

No. 11-1506.

680 F.3d 118 (2012)

Tomás ESCOBAR-NOBLE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LUXURY HOTELS INTERNATIONAL OF PUERTO RICO, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enrique J. Mendoza Mendez and Mendoza Law Offices on brief for appellant.

Radamés A. Torruella , Jan Carlos Bonilla-Silva , and McConnell Valdés LLC on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The outcome of this appeal depends on whether a court or an arbitrator should decide a claim that an otherwise applicable arbitration clause is unenforceable. We hold that, in the circumstances of this case, the task is for the arbitrator.

Defendant-appellee Luxury Hotels International of Puerto Rico, Inc. (the Hotel) operates the Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2001, the Hotel hired plaintiff-appellant Tom...

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