Legal Opinion
Hoeft v. MVL Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 3, 2003No. Docket No. 02-9155PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.
This is one of those rare cases in which a district court vacated an arbitration award because of the arbitrator’s manifest disregard of the law. The arbitrator, Steven Sherrill, issued a $1,402,565 award in favor of petitioners Richard Hoeft, III and Carol J. Hoeft. The Hoefts filed a petition to confirm the award in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and respondents MVL Group, Inc. and Discovery Research Group of Utah, Inc. (collectively, “MVL”) moved to vacate the award. After limited discovery, *60including a…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Wilko v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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