United States Eleventh Circuit

In plaintiff's appeal from a district court's order confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendant bank and its subsequent order denying her motion to vacate the award, the orders are affirmed where: 1) the arbitrator did not exceed his authority or award upon a matter not submitted to him in granting defendant an equitable lien against the subject property; 2) the arbitrator's grant of an equitable lien, even assuming it was error, did not render the award imperfect in matter of form not affecting the merits of the controversy; and 3) judicially-created bases for vacatur of an arbitral award were no longer valid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2010
• Published 04/30/2010

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, BIRCH and SILER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel