United States Seventh Circuit

In a construction contract dispute, judgment confirming an arbitrator's award in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the arbitrator was empowered to address the question of whether plaintiff had standing to invoke the arbitration clause; 2) defendant waived its objection to the arbitrator's determination that the dispute was arbitrable; 3) the arbitrator based his award on the contract and did not exceed his powers; and 4) a motion for reconsideration was properly denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2008
• Published 08/29/2008

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul A. Del Aguila, Greenberg Traurig, Chicago, IL, Eric C. Rowe (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Washington, DC.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony Cillo (argued), Portia L. Miller, Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.