Chauffeurs, Teamsters, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local Union No. 135 v. Jefferson Trucking Company, Inc.

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• affirming motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s complaint to enforce an arbitration award
• \A counterclaim for affirmative relief may not be asserted if barred by the statute of limitations.\
• statute of limitations applies to setoffs and counterclaims because they are affirmative independent causes of action arising outside of transactions in plaintiffs complaint
• “If the defendant’s defenses were of such vital importance to it, the defendant nevertheless had an opportunity to raise them in the manner contemplated by statute.”
• \[T]he purpose of the short periods prescribed in the federal ... arbitration statutes for moving courts to vacate an award is to accord the arbitration award finality in a timely fashion.\
• “[T]he purpose of the short periods prescribed in the federal . . . arbitration statutes for moving courts to vacate an award is to accord the arbitration award finality in a timely fashion.”

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