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083252P.pdf   12/16/2009  Trishia Hooper  v.  Advance America, etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3252
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - consumer law. District court did not err in finding
   defendant waived its right to invoke the arbitration clause in its payday
   loan agreements with the plaintiffs when it filed an extensive motion to
   dismiss the action before seeking to invoke the clause; defendant knew it
   had a right to arbitration, acted inconsistently with the right and its
   actions prejudiced plaintiffs.