United States First Circuit

Reversal of an arbitration award in favor of plaintiff in a suit to recover contributions to a stock purchase plan is vacated and remanded with instructions to confirm the arbitrator's award to plaintiff where the district court's analysis of the merits of the arbitration panel's award was proscribed by the standards of review that apply to a district court's review of arbitration awards.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2006
• Published 09/19/2006

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and GORTON,U.S. District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Skelton, with whom John F. Adkins, Carol E. Head, and Bingham McCutchen LLP, were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stacey P. Nakasian, with whom William A. Jacobson, Shanna L. Pitts, and the Law Offices of William A. Jacobson, Inc., were on brief, for appellee.