Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Fuentes v. Michigan

464 U.S. 1009

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1983-12-05
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • stating the language of the Commonwealth Coatings opinion suggesting that arbitrators are held to the same ethical standards as judges is dictum
  • stating disqualification might be warranted “[i]f circumstances are such that a man of average probity might reasonably be suspected of partiality,” but adding, “the circumstances must be powerfully suggestive of bias ... ”
  • "The standards for judicial intervention are narrowly ... drawn to assure the basic integrity of the arbitration process without meddling in it."
  • both an arbitrator and the president of one of the parties formerly had been employed by another company

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Ct. App. Mich. Certio-rari denied.