Questão jurídica principal
Whether the internal-arbitration award could be challenged by civil law appeal and the appeal was admissible.
Decisão extraída
The Federal Supreme Court held that the award in internal arbitration was subject to a civil law appeal and that the appeal route was open in view of the amount in dispute.
Fundamentação extraída
Internal arbitration awards may be attacked only on the limited grounds of Art. 393 CPC; the appeal was otherwise admissible under Art. 389 CPC and Art. 77 LTF.