Question: Go to www.thomsonedu.com/ westbuslaw/ele, the Web site that accompanies this text. Select "Chapter" and click on "Case Briefing Assignments." Examine Case A.1 [Rodriquez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc., 490 U.S. 477, 109 S.Ct. 1917, 104 L.Ed.2d 379 (1989)]. The case has been excerpted there in great detail. Review and then brief the case, making sure that your brief answers the following questions.
1. What is the legislative policy "embodied in the Arbitration Act"?
2. How did the Court reconcile the protections afforded investors under the Securities Act and the legislative policy advanced by the
Arbitration Act? Did the Court believe that by submitting to arbitration, investors forgo "substantive rights" given under the Securities Act?