Saturn Telecommunications Services, Inc. v. Covad Communications Co.

Order Confirming Arbitration Award

ADALBERTO JORDAN, District Judge.

Everyone supposedly loves arbitration. At least until arbitration goes badly.

When Saturn Communications sued Co-vad Communications in 2006, Covad successfully moved to compel arbitration un der the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. Things did not, however, go as Covad expected in the arbitration proceeding. The arbitrator found that Covad had made fraudulent misrepresentations to Saturn, thereby inducing Saturn to enter into a contract with Covad, and awarded Saturn a little over $7 million in damages, including…