No. 24-192

Izhar Shefer v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: arbitration due-process eleventh-circuit legal-doctrine manifest-disregard punitive-sanctions
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in holding that - even when an arbitral panel imposed punitive and dispositive sanctions in disregard of a party's due process rights – the federal court could not vacate under the "manifest disregard of the law" doctrine?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in holding that an arbitral panel's punitive and dispositive sanctions imposed in disregard of a party's due process rights cannot be vacated under the 'manifest disregard of the law' doctrine

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-03
2024-10-03
2024-09-20
Brief of respondents Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2024-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 20, 2024)

Attorneys

Izhar Shefer
Sheryl SerrezeNera Shefer, PLLC, Petitioner
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, et al.
Brigid Finnerty Cech SamoleGreenberg Traurig, P.A., Respondent