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003243P.pdf   08/17/2001  Marken Gannon  v.  Circuit City Stores
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-3243
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil case - employment law. Under Missouri law, inclusion of 
   invalid provision in employment contract did not render the 
   entire contract invalid; the invalid clause - a punitive damages 
   provision - did not invalidate the whole contract on public policy 
   grounds; severance of invalid provision did not diminish 
   plaintiff's contractual intent to arbitrate her claims against 
   employer, as the severing of the clause places her in a better 
   position than that to which she agreed when she accepted 
   employment; case remanded for arbitration of claims; 
   dissent by District Judge Vietor.