Legal Opinion
Roehl v. Ritchie
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 2007No. G036999PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
An arbitrator cannot amend an award after the trial court has confirmed it. We articulated that “reasonable, bright-line test” in Delaney v. Dahl (2002) 99 Cal.App.4th 647, 659 [121 Cal.Rptr.2d 663] (Delaney), and will not redraw it here.
The judgment below passes the Delaney test.
Here, an arbitrator in a trust dispute issued a first award that effectively decided the most important dispute between the parties, involving whether a corporate note was separate or community property. While the arbitrator referred to the distribution values in a trial exhibit (exhibit 20), he…
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- City of Stanton v. CoxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
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