United States Fourth Circuit

In case where plaintiff franchisor obtained an arbitration award by default, order granting defendant franchisees' motion to vacate the award for lack of notice is affirmed over claim that the district court lacked authority to second guess the finding of the AAA Arbitrator that defendants were properly notified of the arbitration proceedings in accordance with AAA Commercial Rule R-39(a). Denial of defendants' motion for attorney fees is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2008
• Published 02/28/2008

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Onkar Nath Sharma, Sharma Law Group, Silver Spring, Maryland, for SM Property Management, L.L.C., Say-Hai Cun, and May D. Cun. Jeremy W. Schulman, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., Rockville, Maryland, for Choice Hotels International, Incorporated.