United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit between a meatpacking company and its poultry growers, a district order affirmed an arbitration award against the meatpacker is affirmed where the arbitration contract did not require the parties' selected arbitrators to be neutral, and even if the poultry growers' chosen arbitrator exhibited evidence bias, plaintiff presented no evidence of prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/19/2007
• Published 07/19/2007

Judges

• ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who represented the appellant were John R. Elrod, Terri D. Chadick, Todd P. Lewis, of Fayetteville, AR.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who represented the appellee were James G. Lingle, H. Clay Fulcher of Rogers, AR.