Claude M. Schoch v. Infousa, Inc. American Business Information Marketing, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the court may not reconsider the merits of an arbitration award simply because the arbitrators erred in interpreting the law
• holding that in addition to the FAA’s expressed reasons for vacating arbitration awards, a court can vacate an arbitration award if it is “completely irrational,” which means “it fails to draw its essence from the agreement,” or if the award evidences a manifest disregard for the law.
• finding that arbitrator’s broad interpretation of the employment relationship was not manifest disregard for the law
• “Because the arbitrator attempted to comply with the parties’ agreement, the award was not completely irrational, as it drew its essence from the agreement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).