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Second Circuit· 10/31/1991

Barbier v. Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.

Citations

  • 948 F.2d 117
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 26411
  • 1991 WL 220714

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  • holding that arbitrators exceeded their powers by granting punitive damages where agreement provided that New York law governed, so that arbitration award of punitive damages was vacated
  • “The FAA applies when there is federal subject matter jurisdiction, i.e., diversity jurisdiction, and when the contract calling for arbitration ‘evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce.’” (quoting 9 U.S.C. § 2)

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Judges: Altimari, Miner, Pratt

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