Hunter v. United States · ¶70
Notably, too, this Court has found prospective waivers of many other statutory rights invalid and unenforceable. We have held that a company's prospective waiver of its right to remove lawsuits to federal court—extracted as a condition of doing business in a State—not just “void” but “repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States.” Home Ins. Co. v. Morse, 20 Wall. 445, 454, 457–458 (1874). We have held that an employee's rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are not susceptible of prospective waiver. Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., 415 U. S. 36, 51–52 (1974). The same goes for rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act and 42 U. S. C. § 1983. Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., 450 U. S. 728, 740 (1981); McDonald v. West Branch, 466 U. S. 284, 290 (1984). And we have similarly suggested on multiple occasions that a private agreement might not…Read in context ›
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