Section 14 Scope of Review of Arbitration Awards

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Arbitration awards are generally given great deference. Four bases for vacating an arbitration award are provided in 9 U.S.C. § 10(a):

(1) where the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means;

(2) where there was evident partiality or corruption in the arbitrators, or either of them;

(3) where the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; or of any other...