arbitrator-authority

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19-1382 Sterling Jewelers, Inc. v. Laryssa Jock, et al. Second Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied Amici (2) absent-class-members arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitrator-authority class-arbitration consent consent-requirement contract-interpretation due-process lamps-plus lamps-plus-v-varela stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-v-animalfeeds Whether an arbitrator may compel class arbitration without finding actual consent, and instead based only on a finding that the agreement does not una…
18-1546 Century III Mall PA LLC v. Sears Roebuck & Co. Third Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied 9-usc-10a4 arbitration-award arbitration-review arbitrator-authority binding-arbitration civil-litigation contract-interpretation contractual-rights dispute-resolution judicial-restraint lease-valuation prudential-restraint scope-of-authority statutory-interpretation At what point does an arbitrator's exercise of his or her authority to interpret a contract cross a boundary into an impermissible re-writing of that …
18-1415 ASARCO LLC v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC Ninth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied arbitration-authority arbitrator-authority arbitrator-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement contract-interpretation due-process judicial-review labor-arbitration labor-law no-add-provision remedial-limits remedial-power scope-of-authority waiver Whether an arbitrator can reform a collective bargaining agreement by adding language despite a contractual provision prohibiting the arbitrator from …