Legal Opinion
Bryan County v. Yates Paving & Grading Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 30, 2006No. S06G0119PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that an arbitrator, rather than a court, should determine the res judicata effect of a previous arbitration on a subsequent arbitration. Yates Paving & Grading Co. v. Bryan County, 275 Ga. App. 347 (620 SE2d 606) (2005). Because the application of res judicata involves a matter that the parties did not expressly intend to be resolved only by an arbitrator, we reverse the Court of Appeals.
*362The underlying dispute in this case arises from a public works contract between Bryan County and…
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