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Justices validate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal - SCOTUSblog

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ShareGary Waetzig filed an age discrimination suit against his former employer, Halliburton. He then dismissed the suit when the company pointed out that he had agreed to arbitrate. When he lost in arbitration and tried to return to federal court, the statute of limitations on the alleged age discrimination had passed, and he asked the court instead to grant relief from the previous order of dismissal, essentially reopening that first case. At t…

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Justices validate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal - Conservative Angle

Share Gary Waetzig filed an age discrimination suit against his former employer, Halliburton. He then dismissed the suit when the company pointed out that he had agreed to arbitrate. When he lost in arbitration and tried to return to federal court, the statute of limitations on the alleged age discrimination had passed, and he asked the court instead to grant relief from the previous order of dismissal, essentially reopening that first case. At …

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Dismissed age bias case can be reopened to set aside arbitration award Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

The voluntary dismissal without prejudice of an age discrimination case qualifies as a final judgment, order, or proceeding subject to the plaintiff reopening the matter through Civil Rule 60 b relief for purposes of setting aside an arbitration award in favor of the employer, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a judgment from

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