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Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System

Close Date:	04/06/1981
Topic(s):	Consumer Justice
Status:	closed
Citation:	450 U.S. 728(1981)
Date Of Involvement:	01/01/1981
Docket:	79-2006

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US Supreme Court Opinion [outside link] (04/06/1981)
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The Supreme Court upheld Public Citizen's contention that a union contract arbitration clause did not preempt the drivers' right to sue with regard to a statutory claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Public Citizen represented the petitioners.

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