US Supreme Court Blocks Consumer Access to Courts

mrbeen38

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Wednesday April 27, 2011 · 2:04 PM PDT

2011/04/27 · 14:04

Today the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, issued an incredibly disturbing opinion for United States consumers (i.e. all of us). In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion the Court held that corporations can ban consumers' rights to take corporations to court, individually or in class actions, through arbitration clauses in consumer contracts.

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