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
Citator
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Ct. App. Mich. Certio-rari denied.