Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 788.09 (2026)

Court confirmation award, time limit

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788.09788.09Court confirmation award, time limit. At any time within one year after the award is made any party to the arbitration may apply to the court in and for the county within which such award was made for an order confirming the award, and thereupon the court must grant such an order unless the award is vacated, modified or corrected under s. 788.10 or 788.11. Notice in writing of the application shall be served upon the adverse party or the adverse party’s attorney 5 days before the hearing thereof.
788.09 HistoryHistory: 1979 c. 32 s. 64; Stats. 1979 s. 788.09; 1981 c. 390; 1993 a. 486.
788.09 AnnotationThe time limit under s. 788.13 does not apply when the prevailing party moves to confirm under this section and the adverse party wishes to raise objections under ss. 788.10 and 788.11. Milwaukee Police Ass’n v. City of Milwaukee, 92 Wis. 2d 145, 285 N.W.2d 119 (1979).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case: In Re Marriage of Franke v. Franke, 2004 WI 8 (Wis. 2004).
In Re Marriage of Franke v. Franke, 2004 WI 8 (Wis. 2004). · cites it 4× “Wis. Stat. § 788.09 (emphasis added). ¶ 106.”
First Weber Grp., Inc. v. Synergy Real Est. Grp., LLC, 2015 WI 34 (Wis. 2015). · cites it 5× “On October 7, 2010 — almost one year after the arbitration award was ordered— First Weber filed an action under Wis. Stat. § 788.09 (2009-10) 8 to confirm the $5,440 arbitration *507 award.”
Arbitration Between Winkelman v. Kraft Foods, Inc., 2005 WI App 25 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 9× “§ 788.09 to confirm an arbitration award.”
Mary E. Marlowe v. IDS Prop. Cas. Ins. Co., 2013 WI 29 (Wis. 2013). · cites it 4× “08 (requiring that awards be in writing and signed by a majority of the arbitration panel); Wis. Stat. § 788.09 (setting forth the procedure for confirming arbitration awards in court); Wis.”
Borst v. Allstate Ins. Co., 2006 WI 70 (Wis. 2006). · cites it 2× “Allstate filed a motion for court confirmation of the arbitration award under Wis. Stat. § 788.09 , and Borst filed a motion for vacation of the award under Wis.”
Dane Cnty. v. Dane Cnty. Union Local 65, 565 N.W.2d 540 (Wis. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “Section 788.09, STATS. When a prohibited practice complaint is filed with WERC alleging that an employer has refused to accept the terms of an arbitration award as final and binding, WERC also has jurisdiction to review the terms of the award.”
Paul Davis Restoration of S.E. Wisconsin, Inc. v. Paul Davis Restoration of Ne. Wisconsin, 2013 WI 49 (Wis. 2013). · cites it 4× “" Wis. Stat. § 788.09 . "Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment may be entered in conformity therewith in the court wherein the order was granted.”
Leavitt v. Beverly Enter., Inc., 2010 WI 71 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 4× “Stat. § 788.12 . Thus, the parties still have the opportunity to have their day in court, if necessary, after arbitration is complete.”
Milwaukee Teacher's Educ. Ass'n v. Milwaukee Bd. of Sch. Directors, 433 N.W.2d 669 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 3× “1 The union sought confirmation of the arbitrator’s award in its entirety *794 under sec. 788.09, Stats. 2 The Board sought to have the attorneys’ fees portion of the award vacated under sec.”
Matter of Arbitration Among Madison Landfills, Inc. v. Libby Landfill, 524 N.W.2d 883 (Wis. 1994). · cites it 5× “We hold that the court of appeals correctly concluded that the Board does not have the power to set aside preexisting local ordinances that are not arbitrary or discriminatory, and that the court of appeals was correct in concluding that the Board had the power to arbitrate…”
Teacher Ret. Sys. v. Badger XVI Ltd. P'ship, 556 N.W.2d 415 (Wis. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “See § 788.09, STATS. Skidmore was neither a party to the arbitration proceedings nor could it be; the subcontract between Morse/Diesel and Butzen had an arbitration clause identical to the one in the subcontract between Morse/Diesel and Harmon, quoted in footnote 4: *542 Except…”
Hayne, Miller & Farni, Inc. v. Flume, 888 F. Supp. 949 (E.D. Wis. 1995). · cites it 3× “§ 9 and the Wisconsin Arbitration Act, Wis.Stat. 788.09. *952 II. ANALYSIS The parties have asserted their positions under both federal and state arbitration law.”
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