California Supreme Court
Jun. 16, 2010
Another Exception for Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards
The California Supreme Court has carved yet another exception for judicial review of an arbitration award, write John Taylor Jr. and Jeremy Rosen of Horvitz & Levy.
Almost two decades ago, in Moncharsh v. Heily & Blase, 3 Cal. 4th 1 (1992), the California Supreme Court held that under the California Arbitration Act (CAA), a court is not permitted to vacate an arbitration award based on errors of law by the arbitrator (with certain narrow statutory exceptions). That holding was considered virtually inviolable until two years ago, when one member of the Court observ...
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