Freeport Construction Co. v. Star Forge, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal raises a preliminary question as to the jurisdiction of courts to review a determination by the American Arbitration Association that an arbitrator should not be removed for alleged “evident partiality.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 10, par. 112(a) (2.) There is the further question whether the award should be vacated or whether the cause should be remanded for the taking of further evidence.

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The claim that one of the panel of three arbitrators was not impartial was made to the American Arbitration Association during…