MATTER OF ATL. RAYON CORP. (GOLDSMITH)


277 A.D. 554 (1950)

In the Matter of the Arbitration between Atlantic Rayon Corporation et al., Appellants, and Harold Goldsmith, Doing Business under the Name of Hargold Textiles, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laszlo Kormendi of counsel (Graustein & Kormendi, attorneys), for appellants.

Ruben Schwartz of counsel (Milton Cooper with him on the brief; Frederick E. M. Ballon, attorney), for respondent.

PECK, P. J., CALLAHAN and SHIENTAG, JJ., concur; GLENNON and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm.


Per Curiam.

While an arbitrator is not a judge in the strict sense, his functions are quasi-judicial in character and he must be a person in a position to act impartially, one who is not biased or prejudiced in favor of or against either side to the controversy.

Where arbitrators are selected under the auspices of a trade organization and where their special skill and experience in the trade are invoked, it...

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