Arbitration Between Tube & Steel Corp. of America v. Chicago Carbon Steel Products

OPINION

POLLACK, District Judge.

Petitioner moves to confirm an arbitration award and to enter judgment thereon. The respondent seeks to vacate the award. The arbitration was conducted in respondent’s absence. The respondent had vainly tried to obtain a one week adjournment of the date of the hearing. The arbitrators refused the requested postponement and the petitioner insisted on proceeding.

A review of the entire record hereon convinces the Court that there was a patent procedural unfairness to the respondent. The personal convenience of the arbitrators was made a paramount concern over the…