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WRIGHT v. UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORP.

No. 97-889.

525 U.S. 70 (1998)

119 S.Ct. 391

142 L.Ed.2d 361

WRIGHT v. UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORP. et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray P. McClain argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Elaine R. Jones, Theodore M. Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, and Charles Stephen Ralston.

Deputy Solicitor General Underwood argued the cause for the United States et al. as amici curiae urging reversal. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Hodgkiss, James A. Feldman, C. Gregory Stewart, Philip B. Sklover, Lorraine C. Davis, and Robert J. Gregory.

Charles A. Edwards argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*

Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether a general arbitration clause in a collective-bargaining agreement (CBA) requires an employee to use the arbitration procedure for an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 104 Stat. 327, 42 U. S. C. § 12101 et seq.

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In 1970, petitioner Ceasar Wright began working as a longshoreman...

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