| Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc. | |
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| Argued November 7, 2007 Decided March 25, 2008 | |
| Full case name | Hall Street Associates, L.L.C., Petitioner v. Mattel, Inc. |
| Docket no. | 06-989 |
| Citations | 552 U.S. 576 (more) 128 S. Ct. 1396; 170 L. Ed. 2d 254; 2008 U.S. LEXIS 2911; 76 U.S.L.W. 4168; 2008 AMC 1058; 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 121 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Arbitration award vacated, 145 F. Supp. 2d 1211 (D. Or. 2001), affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded, 113 F. App'x 272 (9th Cir. 2004); arbitration award vacated again, No. 3:00-cv-00355, 2005 WL 8158950 (D. Or. June 30, 2005); reversed, 196 F. App'x 476 (9th Cir. 2006); cert. granted, 550 U.S. 968 (2007). |
| Subsequent | Remanded, 531 F.3d 1019 (9th Cir. 2008). |
| Holding | |
| State and federal courts cannot, on a motion to vacate or modify an arbitration award, apply standards agreed to by the parties that expand the scope of judicial review under the Federal Arbitration Act. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Souter, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito; Scalia (all but footnote 7) |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Kennedy |
| Dissent | Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| Federal Arbitration Act | |
Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., 552 U.S. 576 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that state and federal courts cannot, on a motion to vacate or to modify an arbitration award, expand the limited scope of judicial review specified in 9 U.S.C. §§ 10 and 11, including terms that were agreed upon by the parties.