In the case of Robert Gilmer v.Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation involving whether a claim under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act was subject to arbitration,what did the U.S.Supreme Court rule?
A)That the text of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibited arbitration.
B)That compulsory arbitration improperly deprived the plaintiff of a public forum through which to prove his claims.
C)That arbitration was an inadequate remedy because arbitrators may not fashion equitable remedies.
D)That the agreement by which the plaintiff agreed to arbitrate all employment disputes as a condition of his employment was valid.
E)That the EEOC would be bound by the employee's agreement to arbitrate all employment disputes and that,therefore,requiring arbitration would be improper.

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A)The Supreme Court,in Robert Gilmer v.Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation,recognized that arbitration will not undermine the role of the EEOC in enforcing the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,that arbitration is not precluded by the Act,and that arbitrators have the power to fashion equitable relief in such cases.

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