BNSF Railway Company v. Alstom Transportation, Inc

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Alstom Transportation, Inc. (“Alstom”) appeals from the final judgment entered by the district court, in which the district court partially vacated an arbitration panel’s final award in Alstom’s favor. For the reasons explained below, we VACATE the district court’s order. We REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion, with instructions to reinstate the Panel’s final award.

Facts and Proceedings

Appellee BNSF Railway Co. (“BNSF”) hired Alstom to implement and manage a new maintenance program for BNSF’s locomotives. As relevant here,…