Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
ISSN
2169-6578
Publisher
Section of International Law, American Bar Association
Language
en-US
Abstract
A recent Court of Appeals decision has made it more difficult for judges in the United States to second-guess arbitrators in international cases. To understand the significance of the recent decision, one must remember that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) has been interpreted to permit vacatur of awards in an international arbitration on the same grounds available in domestic cases. Thus, a litigant who is unhappy with an arbitrator's decision gets a chance to re-argue the case by alleging "manifest disregard of the law," a ground for judicial review created fifty years ago by Supreme Court dictum.
Recommended Citation
William W. Park, Andrea K. Bjorklund & Jack J. Coe,
International Commercial Dispute Resolution
,
in
37
International Lawyer
445
(2003).
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