Consumer Law 2008 Supplemental Materials: Arbitration

Consumer Law (Summer 2008)

Supplemental Materials on Consumer Arbitration

Assigned reading:

Borowiec v. Gateway 2000, Inc., 808 N.E.2d 957 (Ill. 2004)
Zobrist v. Verizon Wireless, 822 N.E.2d 531 (Ill. App. 5th Dist. 2004)
Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, 546 U.S. 440 (2006)
Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless LLC, 857 N.E.2d 250 (Ill. 2006)
Bess v. DirecTV, Inc., 885 N.E.2d 488 (Ill. App. 5th Dist. 2008)
Sample Arbitration Provisions Contained in Credit Card Agreements
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007, S. 1782/H.R. 3010
Richard Neely, Arbitration and the Godless Bloodsuckers, W. Va. Law. 12 (Sept./Oct. 2006)
Roger Haydock, Setting the Record Straight About Contractual Arbitration: A Response to Richard Neely, W. Va. Law. 12 (Nov./Dec. 2006)
Robert Berner & Brian Grow, Banks vs. Consumers (Guess Who Wins), Business Week (June 5, 2008) [alternate link]

Additional background material (optional):

Schroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., 498 F.3d 976 (9th Cir. 2007)
Mercedes Homes, Inc. v. Colon, 966 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 5th Dist. App. 2007)
Scott v. Cingular Wireless, 161 P.3d 1000 (Wash. 2007)
Ross v. Bank of America, N.A. (USA), 524 F.3d 217 (2d Cir. 2008)
The Arbitration Trap: How Credit Cards Companies Ensnare Consumers (Public Citizen, Sept. 2007)
Peter B. Rutledge, Arbitration - A Good Deal for Consumers: A Response to Public Citizen (U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Apr. 2008)
Outcomes of Arbitration: An Empirical Study of Consumer Lending Cases (Ernst & Young, 2004)
Comments on Ernst & Young Arbitration Outcomes Report (Center for Responsible Lending, Feb. 24, 2005)
Consumers Blindsided by Arbitration Clauses in Credit Card Contracts, National Consumer Law Center Outlook (Spring 2005)
Mark E. Budnitz, The High Cost of Mandatory Consumer Arbitration, 67 L. & Contemp. Probs. 133 (2004)
Paul D. Carrington, Unconscionable Lawyers, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 361 (2002)
Eric J. Mogilnicki & Kirk D. Jensen, Arbitration and Unconscionability, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 761 (2003)
Bibliography of Law Review Articles on Binding Mandatory Arbitration (Public Citizen)

Additional material on class actions (optional):

Edward F. Sherman, Decline & Fall, 93 ABA J. 51 (June 2007)
Terry Carter, A Step Up in Class, 94 ABA J. ___ (May 2008)
William B. Rubenstein, Understanding the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (2005)