11th Circuit Rules that Credit Union Cannot Compel Arbitration When It Previously Prevented Arbitration of the Same Claims - Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

11th Circuit Rules that Credit Union Cannot Compel Arbitration When It Previously Prevented Arbitration of the Same Claims - Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a credit union could not force its members to arbitrate claims where the credit union had previously thwarted arbitration of those same claims. In this case, the agreement between the credit union and its members contained a provision requiring that disputes between the parties be arbitrated before the American Arbitration Association (AAA).  The agreement further stated that if AAA w…