Tesla Worker Must Arbitrate Race Bias Claims: 9th Cir (1)

Tesla Inc. can require a black former production associate in California to arbitrate claims that he was harassed and denied promotion because of his race, a federal appeals court ruled May 17.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said it had to rule that claims brought under Section 1981 of the 1866 Civil Rights Act are subject to mandatory arbitration. That outcome was required because of the full Ninth Circuit’s 2003 decision that lawsuits alleging violations Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights can be forced into arbitration, the panel majority said.

“Just ...