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· 3/29/1973

Trustees of Boston & Maine Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Citations

  • 294 N.E.2d 340
  • 363 Mass. 386
  • 1973 Mass. LEXIS 404

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting in dicta that period ran from date of delivery of the initial award
  • “arbitrator’s award may not be vacated on either” an “error of law or ... of fact”
  • contract provided for submission of price to arbitration only after objection to offer price
  • whether arbitrator exceeded authority is “a question which is always open for judicial review”
  • arbitrator’s grossly erroneous decision is binding in absence of fraud
  • a case of commercial arbitration in which judicial scrutiny is at least no narrower than in a labor arbitration; see United Steelworkers of America v. Warrior & Gulf Nav. Co. 363 U. S. 574, 578 [I960]

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Judges: Tauro, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey, Wilkins

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