Reinsurance Focus

Contract Formation

Logan & Kanawha Coal Co., LLC v. Detherage Coal Sales, LLC, No. 2:11-cv-00342 (USDC S.D. W. Va. Jan. 20, 2012) (granting vacatur, alleged arbitration provision not incorporated into parties’ contract)

Exceeded Scope

Zenith Logistics, Inc. v. Teamsters Local Union No. 100, No. 1:11-cv-00301 (USDC S.D. Ohio Feb. 1, 2012) (vacatur denied, arbitrator did not exceed scope in construing contract)

Evident Partiality

NGC Network Asia, LLC v. PAC Pacific Group Int’l, Inc., No. 1:09-cv-08684 (USDC S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2012) (vacatur denied, no evident partiality).

Public Policy

Titan Tire Corp. v. United Steel, No. 3:10-cv-50296 (USDC N.D. Ill. Dec. 22, 2011) (denying vacatur on de novo review of claim that arbitration award under CBA violated public policy)

Manifest Disregard

Fastware, LLC v. Gold Type Business Machines, No. 2:09-cv-01530 (USDC D.N.J. Jan. 5, 2012) (motion to vacate denied, no manifest disregard)

Agility Public Warehousing Co., K.S.C. v. Supreme Foodservice GmbH, No. 11 Civ. 7375 (USDC S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2011) (see also the court’s subsequent memorandum providing support for the December 19 Order) (confirming award, denying vacatur, no manifest disregard)

Hosier v. Citi Group Global Markets, Inc., No. 11-cv-00971 (USDC D. Colo. Dec. 21, 2011) (denying vacatur, arbitrators did not exceed authority, no manifest disregard)

Westminster Securities Corp. v. Petrocom Energy, Ltd., No. 1:10-cv-07893 (2d. Cir. Jan. 19, 2012) (affirming denial of vacatur, arbitrators did not exceed scope, no manifest disregard).

Priority One Services, Inc. v. W&T Travel Services, LLC, No. 10-1873 (USDC D.D.C. Aug. 23, 2011) (vacatur denied, arbitrators did not exceed scope, no manifest disregard), and subsequent order (Jan. 23, 2012) (awarding attorneys fees and costs to prevailing party due to frivolous vacatur argument)

Sawyer v. Horwitz & Assoc., Inc., No. 11-CV-1604 (USDC S.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2012) (denying vacatur, no manifest disregard, no failure to hear pertinent material evidence)

Procedure

Choice Hotels Int’l, Inc. v. RMC Realty, Ltd., No. 8:11-cv-02093 (USDC D. Md. Jan. 31, 2012) (granting motion for default in action seeking confirmation of award).

Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. Global Reinsurance Corp. of Am., No. 1:11-cv-06301 (USDC S.D.N.Y. Dec. 12, 2011) (granting motion to confirm award, including declaratory relief)

Johnson v. Nat’l Railroad Passenger Corp. Amtrak, No. No. 11-13739 (11th Cir. Jan. 10, 2012) (affirming dismissal of vacatur action for failure to state a cognizable statutory ground for vacatur)

Big Lagoon Rancheria v. California, No. 4:09-cv-01471 (USDC N.D. Cal. Feb. 1, 2012) (denying vacatur of JAMS mediator recommendations and orders)

This post written by John Pitblado.

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