Legal Opinion
Betz v. Pankow
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 1995No. Docket Nos. A064689, A065245PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANING, J.
harles J. Pankow appeals a judgment vacating an arbitration award. The issue before us is whether an arbitration award must be vacated because an arbitrator was formerly a partner in a law firm during a period when the firm represented a business entity in which one of the arbitrating parties had a financial and/or leadership interest, even though the arbitrator was not acquainted with the party and unaware of the party’s representation by his former law firm.
History
Pankow and respondent Heide V. Betz were the sole members of a partnership under an agreement providing that…
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