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The Coffee Beanery v. WW, et al.

Close Date:	10/05/2009
Status:	open
Citation:	300 Fed. Appx. 415
Date Of Involvement:	06/30/2009
Docket:	08-1396

Related Documents:
Brief in Opposition (08/25/2009)
Description:
Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act, courts may vacate arbitration awards when arbitrators have “exceeded their powers.” 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4). Every circuit to squarely address the issue has held that arbitrators may exceed their powers under Section 10(a)(4) by manifestly disregarding the law, and no circuit has foreclosed that manifest-disregard standard. The questions presented are: In the absence of a circuit split, should this Court grant certiorari to decide whether the manifest-disregard standard is consistent with Section 10(a)(4)? Should the Court grant certiorari to decide whether, assuming the manifest-disregard standard is consistent with Section 10(a)(4), the decision below misapplied that standard to the facts of this case? Deepak Gupta and Scott Nelson of Public Citizen are co-counsel for respondants at the cert stage. View docket updates.

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