Souroudi

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Behnam Soroudi appeals from the judgments entered after the trial court denied his petitions to vacate the two most recent arbitration awards in a decade-long dispute pitting plaintiff against his brothers1 and their family-run and jointly-held business enterprises. Plaintiff contends that the court erred in finding again that the arbitrators did not exceed their power when they ruled on plaintiff’s most recent demand that defendants provide plaintiff with the entities’ books and records. We conclude the trial court did not err. The arbitrators’ authority is patently grounded in the parties’ agreement to arbitrate, the relief granted, and plaintiff’s own many requests to the arbitrators to enforce his right to receive the records and accountings. Therefore, we affirm the judgments.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Plaintiff triggers this action by filing his complaint. In 2001, plaintiff commenced this protracted and deeply personal litigation involving family-run and other business enterprises including several real estate ventures jointly owned by the brothers (together, the entities).2 Plaintiff’s complaints alleged his brothers, their accountant,…