A Better Way Wholesale Autos, Inc. v. Saint Paul

Summary

The court held that the plaintiff's application to vacate the arbitration award was governed by Connecticut's thirty-day jurisdictional deadline, notwithstanding the parties' agreement to apply the Federal Arbitration Act and its longer filing period. The late filing deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction, and the state deadline was not preempted because it neither obstructed enforcement of arbitration agreements nor discriminated against arbitration. The court therefore affirmed the dismissal of the application.