United States Ninth Circuit

For purposes of establishing diversity jurisdiction to hear a petition to vacate an arbitration award pursuant to section 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act, the amount in controversy is the amount awarded in the arbitration proceeding, not the sum claimed in the underlying action.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/07/2003
• Decided 01/30/2004
• Published 01/30/2004

Judges

• RYMER, Circuit Judge., Before: KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mai D. Wells,Infinity Law Group, Anaheim, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rex Darrell Berry, Livingston & Mattesich, Sacramento, CA, for the respondent-appellee.