Comedy Club, Inc. v. Improv West Associates

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• holding that manifest disregard survives as “shorthand for ... 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4), which states that the court may vacate 'where the arbitrators exceeded their powers' ”
• concluding that manifest disregard of the law “remains a valid ground for vacatur of an arbitration award under § 10(a)(4) of the Federal Arbitration Act”
• concluding that a near-identical provision “lets the parties a 16 || pursue equitable remedies in courts in aid of the arbitration’’
• holding the arbiter impermissibly sought to bind parties to an agreement for which he did not have legal authority to do so under California law
• stating that “manifest disregard . . . is shorthand for . . . § 10(a)(4)”
• noting that manifest disregard is a “shorthand for a statutory ground under the FAA”

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