· 10/4/1996
Buzas Baseball, Inc. v. Salt Lake Trappers, Inc.
Citations
- 925 P.2d 941
- 301 Utah Adv. Rep. 5
- 1996 Utah LEXIS 87
- 1996 WL 575997
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- holding that petitioners, who had received an arbitration award, were entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in defending the award on appeal under the Utah Arbitration Act
- holding that petitioners, who had received an arbitration award, were entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in defending the award on appeal under the Utah Arbitration Act
- holding that it would ―elevate form over substance‖ if a court dismissed a request to set aside an arbitration award because the request was contained in a verified complaint rather than a motion, as required by statute
- allowing a court to vacate an arbitration award if it violates a well-defined and dominant public policy of the state
- “Rather than being a statutory ground, the public policy exception is a judicially created ground for vacating an arbitration award.”
- \[The irrationality principle must be applied with a view to the narrow seope of review in arbitration cases.\ (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Zimmerman, Stewart, Howe, Durham, Russon
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