Supreme Court of California

An arbitrator does not exceed his powers when he applies equitable defenses to excuse a party from performing a material condition of an agreement that provides the arbitrator may not modify or change any of the agreement's material provisions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2008
• Published 06/09/2008

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jenkens & Gilchrist, Bryan Cave, Jed P. White, Glenn J. Plattner and Keith D. Klein, Santa Monica, for Defendant and Appellant., Zelle, Hoffman, Voelbel, Mason & Gette, Squires, Sanders & Dempsey, Douglas J. Rovens, Marc J. Shrake and Jeffrey S. Renzi, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.