Court Opinion

ID: 6959709
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 01:43:25.901841+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:08:23.610601
License: Public Domain

MAYER, Circuit Judge,
Dissenting:
Whether to arbitrate, what to arbitrate, how to arbitrate, and when to arbitrate are matters that parties may specify contractually. See Volt Info. Sciences v. Board of Trustees, 489 U.S. 468, 478-479, 109 S.Ct. 1248, 1255-1256, 103 L.Ed.2d 488 (1989). However, Kyocera cites no authority explicitly empowering litigants to dictate how an Article III court must review an arbitration decision. Absent this, they may not. Should parties desire more scrutiny than the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 10-11 (1994), authorizes courts to apply, “they can contract for an appellate arbitration panel to review the arbitrator’s award[;] they cannot contract for judicial review of that award.” Chicago Typographical Union v. Chicago Sun-Times, 935 F.2d 1501, 1505 (7th Cir.1991). I would affirm the district court’s self-restraint.