Matter of Chirag C. v. Jaimie D.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “as long as the arbitrator is even arguably construing or applying the contract and acting within the scope of his authority,” a court should not vacate his decision
• vacating arbitral award in which the arbitrator relied on one provision of the agreement, but ignored another provision which limited his authority
• affirming vacatur of award to probationary employee who was clearly excluded from arbitration agreement
• rejecting an arbitrator’s award that “contravenefd] the unambiguous language of’ the contract
• “When the arbitrator ignores the unambiguous language chosen by the parties, the arbitrator simply fails to do his job.”
• “[J]udicial review of arbitration awards is . . . among the narrowest known to the law.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).