Bowles v. OneMain Financial Group, LLC, No. 18-60749 (5th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the district court's order compelling arbitration of her federal age discrimination action against OneMain. The Fifth Circuit held that, although the district court correctly rejected plaintiff's meeting of the minds argument, it erroneously referred her procedural unconscionability challenge to the arbitrator. In this case, procedural unconscionability goes to contract formation under Mississippi law, and thus the district court should have ruled on this objection. Therefore, the court reversed and vacated the order, remanding for the district court to decide on the merits of the procedural unconscionability claim.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on January 24, 2020.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on April 2, 2020.
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