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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY v. WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.

No. A12-1944.

854 N.W.2d 750 (2014)

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Respondent, v. WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, Sining Mao, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis A. Remele, Jr. , Charles E. Lundberg , Mark R. Bradford , Bassford Remele, Minneapolis, MN; and Robert N. Hochman , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for respondent.

Clifford M. Greene , Larry D. Espel , John M. Baker , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, MN; Lisa S. Blatt , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; and Michael D. Schissel , Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, for appellants Western Digital Corporation, et al.

Nathan J. Marcusen , Isaac W. Messimore , Bowman and Brooke LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and George W. Soule , Soule & Stull, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Sining Mao.

Katherine L. MacKinnon , Law Office of Katherine L. MacKinnon, P.L.L.C., Saint Louis Park, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.

Karl E. Robinson , Sweeney & Masterson, P.A., Saint Paul, MN; and Peter R. Afrasiabi , One LLP, Newport Beach, CA, for amicus curiae Professor Georgene M. Vairo.

Scott Cody , Tarshish Cody, PLC, Chaska, MN; and Professor David Allen Larson , Hamline University School of Law, Saint Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Professor David Allen Larson.

Corey J. Ayling , Douglas M. Carnival , McGrann Shea Carnival Straughn & Lamb, Chartered, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota High Technology Association.

Alan L. Kildow , Sonya R. Braunschweig , DLA Piper LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Professor George A. Bermann.

Daniel J. Supalla , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association.

Sharon L. Van Dyck , Van Dyck Law Firm, PLLC, Saint Louis Park, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association for Justice.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

An arbitrator issued an award against appellants Sining Mao, Western Digital Corporation, and Western Digital Technologies, Inc., in an amount exceeding $500 million. The award was vacated in part by the district court and then reinstated by the court of appeals. Mao and the Western Digital entities now separately seek review of the reinstatement decision. Mao and Western Digital argue that the arbitrator's punitive sanctions,...

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