Legal Opinion
In re the Arbitration between RAS Securities Corp. & Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Colleen McMahon, J.), entered October 21, 1997, which denied petitioners’ motion to vacate an arbitral award of attorneys’ fees in the amount of $159,000 and which granted respondent’s cross motion for sanctions in the form of $8,400 in attorneys’ fees, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Having participated in the arbitration proceeding for over two years, petitioners’ judicial claim that the arbitrators lacked the authority to award attorneys’ fees has been waived (see, Rochester City School Dist. v Rochester Teachers Assn., 41 NY2d 578, 583; Matter of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rokowsky v. Finance AdministratorNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Smith Barney Shearson Inc. v. SacharowNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- In re the Arbitration between Dember Construction Corp. & New York UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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