Fulton County v. Lord’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Corruption, fraud, or misconduct in procuring the award; (2) Partiality of an arbitrator appointed as a neutral; (3) An overstepping by the arbitrators of their authority or such imperfect execution of it that a final and definite award upon the subject matter submitted was not made; (4) A failure to follow the [statutory] procedure .. ., unless the party applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with notice of this failure and without objection; or (5) The arbitrator’s manifest disregard of the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 334 Ga. App. 208 - Bilbo v. Five Star Athlete Management, Inc.

2. “an arbitrator that incorrectly interprets the law has not manifestly disregarded it, but has simply made a legal mistake.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gainesville Mech., Inc. v. Air Data, Inc.