No. 19-1333
Monster Energy Company, fka Hansen Beverage Company v. City Beverages LLC, dba Olympic Eagle Distributing
Tags: arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards bias circuit-split commonwealth-coatings disclosure disclosure-requirements disclosure-rule evident-partiality federal-arbitration-act judicial-standard standard standard-of-review
Latest Conference:
2020-06-25
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. What is the standard for determining whether
an arbitration award must be vacated for "evident partiality" under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(2)?
2. Under the correct "evident partiality" standard,
must an arbitration award be vacated when the arbitrator does not disclose that (i) he has a de minimis "ownership interest" in his arbitration firm and (ii) that firm has
conducted a "nontrivial" number of arbitrations with one
of the parties?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
What is the standard for determining 'evident partiality' under the Federal Arbitration Act?
Docket Entries
2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-15
Brief amicus curiae of JAMS, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-08
Waiver of right of respondent City Beverages LLC, dba Olympic Eagle Distributing to respond filed.
2020-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2020)
2020-03-13
Application (19A1014) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 29, 2020 to May 28, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2020-03-13
Application (19A1014) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 28, 2020.
Attorneys
City Beverages LLC, dba Olympic Eagle Distributing
Michael K. Vaska — Foster Garvey PC, Respondent
JAMS, Inc.
Monster Energy Company
Joseph Russell Palmore — Morrison & Foerster LLP, Petitioner