Can an arbitrator's construction of a contract be overruled by the courts?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from General Tel. Co. of Northwest, Inc. v. International Broth. of Elec. Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 89, 554 F.2d 985 (9th Cir. 1977):
It is the arbitrator's construction which was bargained for; and so far as the arbitrator's decision concerns construction of the contract, the courts have no business overruling him because their interpretation of the contract is different from his.
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Steelworkers v. Enterprise Corp., 363 U.S. 593, 599, 80 S.Ct. 1358, 1362, 4 L.Ed.2d 1424 (1960).
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