PERINI CORP. v. GREATE BAY HOTEL & CASINO, INC.


129 N.J. 479 (1992)

610 A.2d 364

PERINI CORPORATION, A MASSACHUSETTS CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. GREATE BAY HOTEL & CASINO, INC., T/A SANDS HOTEL & CASINO, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Zunz, Jr., argued the cause for appellant (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, attorneys; Edward A. Zunz, Jr. and Stuart M. Lederman, of counsel; Stuart M. Lederman, Karen M. Patruno, and Roberta N. Samuels, on the briefs).

Steven A. Arbittier, a member of the Pennsylvania bar, argued the cause for respondent (Horn, Kaplan, Goldberg, Gorny & Daniels, attorneys; Steven A. Arbittier and Jack Gorny, of counsel and on the briefs).

William J. Brennan, III, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae The Associated General Contractors of America (Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan, attorneys; William J. Brennan, III, and Wendy L. Mager, of counsel and on the brief).


The judgment of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This appeal concerns the extent to which a court may invalidate an arbitration panel's award that was allegedly based on a mistaken determination of law. The issue arises in the context of a construction-management contract for an Atlantic City hotel and casino. The principal errors of law asserted are that the arbitrators (1) failed to observe settled principles of contract...

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