Update On Badgerow Petition For Certiorari: Supreme Court To Review Standard For Determining Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Motions To Confirm Or Vacate Arbitration Awards
By EsqSocial Corporation 24/05/21
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari on an issue involving domestic arbitration that has divided the federal courts of appeal (Badgerow v. Walters, Docket No. 20-1143): Do federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an arbitration award under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) where the only basis for such jurisdiction is that the underlying dispute involved a federal question?......
By: Fox Rothschild LLP