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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 2, 2021

Trustees Of The New York City District Council Of Carpenters Pension Fund v…

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Trustees Of The New York City District Council Of Carpenters Pension Fund, Welfare Fund, Annuity Fund, and Apprenticeship, Journeyman Retraining, Educational and Industry Fund v. Innovation Designs Inc.

Judge
Katherine Failla
Docket
1:21-cv-02801
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureArbitrationSummary Judgment
In one sentence

In Trustees of the New York City District Council of Carpenters v. Innovation Designs, Judge Failla ordered a summary-judgment process for confirming an arbitration award.

Who this affects

The petitioners and Innovation Designs Inc.; the order sets the petitioners’ filing and service obligations and Innovation Designs Inc.’s deadline to respond.

What happened

In Trustees of the New York City District Council of Carpenters v. Innovation Designs, the petitioners asked the court to confirm an arbitration award. The opinion says they filed the petition on April 1, 2021.

The court ordered the petitioners to seek confirmation through a summary-judgment motion under the federal and local rules. It set deadlines for the motion, any opposition, and any reply, and required electronic and overnight-mail service on Innovation Designs Inc.

Judge Katherine Polk Failla did not decide whether to confirm the award. She set the briefing and service schedule instead.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Trustees Of The New York City District Council Of Carpenters Pension Fund v… · No. 1:21-cv-02801
Judge
Katherine Failla
Date
Apr. 2, 2021

Background

The petitioners filed a petition to confirm an arbitration award. The opinion states that the petition was filed on April 1, 2021.

Court’s order

The court explained that proceedings to confirm an arbitration award are treated like a motion for summary judgment. It ordered the petitioners to move for confirmation using the summary-judgment procedures in Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 56.1 of the Southern District of New York.

The court set these deadlines:

- Petitioners’ motion: May 3, 2021 - Innovation Designs Inc.’s opposition, if any: June 2, 2021 - Petitioners’ reply, if any: June 16, 2021

The petitioners also had to serve the petition on Innovation Designs Inc. electronically and by overnight mail by April 9, 2021, and file an affidavit confirming service by April 16, 2021.

Disposition and significance

The court issued an order managing the next steps in the arbitration-confirmation proceeding. It did not decide whether the arbitration award should be confirmed. The order was signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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