New Jersey v. General Motors Corp.

How later courts describe this case

• discussing the effect of voluntary submission to arbitration prior to judicial determination of the FLSA claims
• glaring evidence of police threats and other blatant physical and mental duress required state court judge to inquire
• coercion claim where no reason appeared to doubt defendant's rule 11 statements to the contrary
• defendant had standing to assert due process violation stemming from use of coerced witness testimony
• employees cannot challenge denial of liquidated damages for claim submitted to binding arbitration
• “No per se rule can be applied, for in the final analysis, the issue becomes one of fact. Its resolution necessarily depends upon what is alleged and what is shown by the documentation of each case.”
• one day sufficient to prepare a defense to contempt charge
• Where witness at trial had recanted statements in earlier confession saying that the confession was the product of coercion, the court held that a hearing to determine the voluntariness of the confession was required