An appeals court will hear oral arguments in a discrimination lawsuit against eBay originally filed in 2006. Former eBay employee Emmanuel Kepas filed an appeal after a lower court compelled arbitration, wherein the case was dismissed.

Kepas filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, arguing that the Arbitration Agreement was invalid "due to its multiple defects and its lack of bilaterality" and asked the court to remand his claims for a trial.

eBay argued the Court should affirm the District Court's decision to compel arbitration in the case and requested the Court conduct oral argument, which "may be helpful to the Court because this case involves important legal issues concerning the enforcement of arbitration agreements under California law and the CAA."

Arguments are scheduled to be heard on September 20, 2010, at the Byron White U.S. Courthouse in Denver, Colorado.