Legal Opinion
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 1993No. C005317PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
This matter arises on a petition for a writ of mandate directing the superior court to overturn its order vacating a binding arbitration award. The award determines the rights and obligations of the parties to contracts for the purchase of natural gas. The superior court vacated the award for legal errors committed by the arbitrators in the construction of the contracts.
When the matter was first before us we granted the petition, determining that the scope of judicial review of an arbitration award ordinarily does not extend to such errors. The Supreme Court granted…
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