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ASHFORD v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

No. 18-1958.

954 F.3d 678 (2020)

Shannon ASHFORD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Helgi C. Walker , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John Charles Ormond, Jr. , ORMOND DUNN, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stacy K. Wood , PARKER POE ADAMS & BERNSTEIN LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina; Jason C. Schwartz , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Rushing joined.

The Federal Arbitration Act expresses a strong policy in favor of arbitration. Based on that, the Supreme Court and our Court have consistently held that contractual provisions capable of being reasonably read to call for arbitration should be construed in favor of arbitration. Following our precedent, we construe the...

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