Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards
Arbitration awards are notoriously difficult to overturn in court because the various arbitration statutes list only narrow grounds for appeal such as arbitrator bias. But are the parties free to provide for a broader scope of court review by so stipulating in the arbitration contract itself? Various courts have said various things on the matter, and it will now be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Hall Street v. Mattel case on appeal from the 9th Circuit. Oral argument was this week. Decision in early 2008.
