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· 9/26/1994

Inlandboatmen's Union v. Sause Bros., Inc.

Citations

  • 881 P.2d 1255
  • 77 Haw. 187
  • 1994 Haw. App. LEXIS 34

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that because the respondent's request to modify the arbitration award did not come within any of the specified statutory grounds, \the circuit court had no power to modify the award\
  • stating that a violation of public policy is an exception to the general deference given to arbitration awards
  • stating that a violation of public policy is an exception to the general deference given to arbitration awards
  • adopting the public policy exception of Misco and directing that the exception should be applied under the guidelines set forth in Misco
  • stating that because “[a] court will not enforce ‘any contract that is contrary to public polieyf,]’ ... [i]t follows then that if the contract as interpreted [by] an arbitrator violates some explicit public policy, the courts are obliged to refrain from enforcing it”
  • “[A] court may refuse to enforce contracts that violate law or public policy.”

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Judges: Burns, Heen, Acoba

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