Clark County Education Ass'n v. Clark County School District

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In this appeal, we clarify the common-law grounds available for a court to review a private arbitration award. We have previously recognized that a private arbitration award may be reviewed under two common-law grounds: (1) the award is arbitrary, capricious, or unsupported by the arbitration agreement; or (2) the arbitrator manifestly disregarded the law. Under the first ground, we clarify that the reviewing court may only concern itself with the arbitrator’s findings and whether they are supported by substantial evidence or whether the subject matter of the…