Legal Opinion
Aviall, Inc. v. Ryder System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 27, 1997No. 201, Docket 96-7285PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Aviall is a former wholly-owned subsidiary of defendant-appellee Ryder. Following a spin-off of Aviall to Ryder’s shareholders, Aviall disputed Ryder’s allocation of certain pension-related assets and liabilities in the spin-off. Pursuant to the contract governing the spin-off, Aviall sought arbitration of the dispute before KPMG Peat Marwick (“KPMG”), Ryder’s outside auditor. Subsequently, however, Av-iall brought this suit in the Southern District of New York (Michael B. Mukasey, J.) to disqualify KPMG as arbitrator, claiming that KPMG was partial…
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