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 agreement by which the plaintiff agreed to arbitrate all employment disputes as a condition of his employment was valid.
B) That the text of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibited arbitration.
C) That the EEOC would be bound by the employee's agreement to arbitrate all employment disputes and that, therefore, requiring arbitration would be improper.
D) That compulsory arbitration improperly deprived the plaintiff of a public forum through which to prove his claims.
E) That arbitration was an inadequate remedy because arbitrators may not fashion equitable remedies.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the agreement by which the plaintiff agreed to arbitrate all employment disputes as a condition of his employment was valid, affirming the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the context of employment disputes, including those involving federal statutory rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

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