BG Group responded by saying the district and appellate courts assumed that the manifest disregard doctrine was a basis
for vacating arbitration awards, but then held that the tribunal in this case did not manifestly disregard the law, rendering moot Argentina's bid for clarity on the issue.
At the other end of the arbitration process, our arbitration litigators also have succeeded
in vacating arbitration awards unfavorable to our clients.
We provide comprehensive litigation counsel and have frequently succeeded in persuading courts to compel arbitration; at the other end of the arbitration process, Perkins Coie litigators have also succeeded in
vacating arbitration awards unfavorable to our clients.
His experience
involves vacating arbitration awards, complex and class action wage - hour matters, pension collection cases, and injunctions against picketing in Section 301 cases.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals noted that decisions of courts in other jurisdictions have
vacated arbitration awards only where there had been a «manifest disregard or perverse misconstruction of the law.»
Federal appellate court reverses its earlier decision and determines that arbitrator's failure to disclose his minimal contact with prevailing party's attorney did not
require vacating an arbitration award.
The court reasoned further that decisions recognizing non-statutory ground
for vacating arbitration awards have required something beyond, and different than, a mere error of law or failure on the part of arbitrators to understand or apply the law.
The Challengers sought to
vacate the arbitration award on three grounds: first, there was no agreement to arbitrate between the parties; second, the Association did not have jurisdiction to arbitrate the dispute; and finally, the Challengers are entitled to the commission pursuant to the Agreement.
«Petition to
vacate the arbitration award was granted.
c. Any proceeding to enforce this arbitration agreement, including any proceeding to confirm, modify, or
vacate an arbitration award, may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
«[E] ven if an out - of - State attorney's representation of a party at an arbitration proceeding in Massachusetts might constitute the practice of law, this conduct does not provide a basis to
vacate the arbitration award, and, as such, the plaintiffs are not entitled to relief.»
On appeal to the SJC, the court said that, even if the lawyers» appearance had been unauthorized practice, that would not provide a basis to
vacate the arbitration award.
For example, in 2009 the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a real estate broker's action to
vacate an arbitration award to another broker.
Thus, the court denied the petition to
vacate the arbitration award.
The court first considered whether the arbitration award was procured by «fraud», one of the limited grounds in the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act («Act») that allow a court to
vacate an arbitration award.
The Developer had not offered any support for these allegations and so had not met the «evident partiality» requirement found in the Act for
vacating an arbitration award.
In Minnesota, a court may
vacate an arbitration award in very limited circumstances specified by a state statute.
Some examples of when a court may
vacate an arbitration award are if the award was obtained by «fraud or other undue means» or if» [t] he arbitrators exceeded their powers.»
Since there was no indication that the Challengers were denied due process (indeed, the court stated that the record indicates that the Association «took great care to ensure the arbitration proceedings... were conducted in accordance to the Manuals» procedural guidelines»), the court found no grounds to
vacate the arbitration award.
The Challengers brought a lawsuit against the Prevailing Party and the Association, seeking to
vacate the arbitration award.
As a result of this finding, the court denied their motion to
vacate the arbitration award and dismissed the case.