United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to vacate an arbitration award in favor of defendants challenging the dismissal, as time-barred, of his employment-related claims against an employer is vacated where the arbitrator's ruling constituted a manifest disregard of the law and was not drawn from the essence of the governing arbitration agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/02/2006
• Decided 03/13/2006
• Published 03/13/2006

Judges

• Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John Michael Shoreman, McFadden & Shoreman, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Michael Joseph Murphy, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.