SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES COURT DECISION IN CASE No. 06-989 ON 25 MARCH 2008 “Hall Street vs. Mattel” - Stockholm International Arbitration Review (SIAR) 2008 No. 1

Author(s): 

Jonathan Gass

Davor Babic

Page Count: 

44 pages

Media Description: 

1 PDF Download

Published: 

August, 2008

Jurisdictions: 

United States

Practice Areas: 

Court Decisions,

Interpretation of the Award,

Judicial Confirmation of Award,

Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

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Description: 

Originally from: Stockholm International Arbitration Review

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Includes:

Observations by Jonathan Gass and Davor Babić

Subject-matters: Judicial review of arbitral awards — Enforceability of clauses providing for expanded judicial review under the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act.

 

Findings: The FAA’s grounds for vacatur and modification of awards are exclusive and may not be modified by the agreement of the parties.

 

Parties:

Petitioner: Hall Street Associates, L.L.C.

Represented by: Carter G. Phillips (Sidley, Austin LLP)

Respondent: Mattel, Inc.

Represented by: Beth S. Brinkmann (Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC)

 

Place of court proceedings: Oregon, USA

 

Applicable law: The US Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)

 

Court decision(s) under appeal: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit