Overview
- A unanimous three-judge 8th Circuit panel found the 2023 arbitration exceeded its authority under Minnesota contract law.
- The original challenge stemmed from Lindell’s 2021 Cyber Symposium, where he offered $5 million to anyone disproving his election-interference data.
- The ruling vacates a February 2024 decision that had affirmed the $5 million award to software developer Robert Zeidman and sends the case back for further proceedings.
- Lindell also faces a $2.3 million defamation verdict from Colorado and is appealing separate lawsuits filed by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic.
- The decision highlights judicial oversight of arbitration and underscores limits on modifying clear contractual terms in election-related disputes.