Legal Opinion
Gateway Technologies, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp., MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Gateway Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1995No. 93-1101, 94-10787PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge.
MCI Telecommunications Corp. (“MCI”) appeals a district court order affirming the judgment of an arbitrator who found that MCI breached its contract with Gateway Technologies, Inc., (“Gateway”) and awarded attorneys’ fees as actual damages as well as $2,000,000 in punitive damages. MCI contends that its contract with Gateway provides for de novo review by this court of the errors of law in the arbitration award and urges vacation of the entire award, claiming that the arbitrator improperly assessed both attorneys’ fees and punitive damages as well as excluded…
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