Legal Opinion
Wojdak v. Greater Philadelphia Cablevision, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 7, 1998No. 43 E.D. Appeal Docket 1996PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
The issue raised in this appeal is whether ex parte communications with third parties by an arbitrator constituted undue means and invalidated the arbitrator’s award. Under the circumstances of this case, we find that the arbitrator’s original award was invalid because of ex parte communications with third parties.
Greater Philadelphia Cablevision, L.P. (the Partnership) is a Delaware limited partnership which owns and operates a cable television system in Philadelphia. Greater Philadelphia Cablevision, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, is the general partner of the…
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- Seither & Cherry Co. v. Illinois Bank Building Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
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