Hall St. Assocs., L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc.
552 U.S. 576 (2008) Cited 1,988 times 62 Legal AnalysesHolding that Federal Arbitration Act provides "exclusive" grounds for vacatur or modification of arbitration award
Paperworkers v. Misco, Inc.
484 U.S. 29 (1987) Cited 2,838 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding jurisdiction to enforce a collective bargaining agreement only vests once grievance and arbitration procedures are exhausted
Wilko v. Swan
346 U.S. 427 (1953) Cited 1,125 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding void an agreement to arbitrate in lieu of judicial remedy provided by Securities Exchange Act
Major League Ump. v. Amer. League
357 F.3d 272 (3d Cir. 2004) Cited 144 times 1 Legal AnalysesRejecting a request to overturn an arbitration award because "at their core, many of the claims raised by both sides in this litigation amount to little more than requests for judicial review of the merits of the Award."
United Transp. U. Local 1589 v. Suburban Tran
51 F.3d 376 (3d Cir. 1995) Cited 183 timesHolding that courts have very little authority to disturb arbitration awards
Acands, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co.
435 F.3d 252 (3d Cir. 2006) Cited 83 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding "that the automatic stay provision of the Bankruptcy Code promotes a public policy sufficient to preclude enforcement of an award that violates its terms or interferes with its purposes
Mut. Fire, Marine Inland v. Norad Reinsurance
868 F.2d 52 (3d Cir. 1989) Cited 120 timesConcluding that "[i]t is not this Court's role . . . to sit as the [arbitration] panel did and reexamine the evidence under the guise of determining whether the arbitrators exceeded their powers."
Colonial Penn Ins. Co. v. Omaha Indem. Co.
943 F.2d 327 (3d Cir. 1991) Cited 105 timesHolding that the district court erred in confirming an award that "was entered in derogation of the functus officio doctrine"
Local 863 Intl. Broth v. Jersey Coast Egg Prod
773 F.2d 530 (3d Cir. 1985) Cited 71 timesFinding that an arbitrator's refusal to consider the possible collateral estoppel effect of a misdemeanor conviction did not justify vacatur, because it was "the decision of the arbitrator, and the arbitrator alone, whether the misdemeanor conviction constitute[d] just cause for the dismissal under the terms of the ... agreement"
LA VALE PLAZA, INC. v. R.S. NOONAN, INC
378 F.2d 569 (3d Cir. 1967) Cited 112 timesExplaining that the third exception applies when the supplemental decision "in no way reopen the merits of the controversy."
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,480 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 10 - Same; vacation; grounds; rehearing
9 U.S.C. § 10 Cited 5,468 times 104 Legal AnalysesVacating arbitration award appropriate " where the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means; where there was evident partiality or corruption in the arbitrators, or either of them; where the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced; or where the arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them that a mutual, final, and definite award upon the subject matter submitted was not made."
Section 12 - Notice of motions to vacate or modify; service; stay of proceedings
9 U.S.C. § 12 Cited 879 times 7 Legal AnalysesProviding that a motion to vacate must be served on the adverse party "within 3 months after the award is filed or served"
Section 6 - Application heard as motion
9 U.S.C. § 6 Cited 277 times 1 Legal AnalysesProviding that any application under the statute "shall be made and heard in the manner provided by law for the making and hearing of motions"