| Docket # | SJC-11175 |
| Date | December 4, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Arbitration-- In a class action by franchises, whether an arbitration clause is enforceable in light of a 2011 opinion from the United States Supreme Court. |
| Appealed From | Norfolk Superior Court, Justice Patrick F. Brady |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | System 4, LLC: Eric H. Karp |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Marchado: Claret Marcia Vargas, Shannon Liss-Riordan, Hillary Schwab, James W. Simpson, Jr. |
| Amici Curiae | Chamber of Commerce of the United States; Massachusetts AFL-CIO; Public Justice, P.C.; Public Citizen, Inc.; New England Legal Foundation |
