Read Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Home Ins. Co., 04-4344

Judgment confirming an arbitration award for defendant in a claim for breach of a reinsurance contract between the parties is affirmed where a party-appointed arbitrator-s alleged nondisclosure of certain business and social relationships with defendant did not demonstrate evident partiality.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2005
• Published 11/29/2005

Judges

• Before:  CLAY, GIBBONS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael L. Cohen, Cohen & Buckley, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Philip J. Loree Jr., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, New York, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Michael L. Cohen, Cohen & Buckley, Baltimore, Maryland, Randolph Carson Wiseman, Stephen C. Gray, Bricker & Eckler, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Philip J. Loree Jr., Clifford H. Schoenberg, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, New York, Gerald P. Ferguson, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.