United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to confirm an arbitration award is affirmed where the appointment of a third arbitrator was premature, and, therefore, the composition of the arbitral authority was not in accordance with the parties' agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/31/2005
• Published 03/31/2005

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judge., Before:  MESKILL, SACK, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer L. Marlborough, Wormser, Kiely, Galef & Jacobs LLP, New York, N.Y. (John T. Morin, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant Encyclopaedia Universalis S.A.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd R. Geremia, Jones Day, New York, N.Y. (Fredrick E. Sherman, on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.