Legal Opinion
James W. McCarthy v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 19, 2006No. 06-1001PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we must review the district court’s decision to vacate an arbitration award and remand on the ground that the award was in manifest disregard of the law. In an unusual circumstance, this is the second time in this case that the district court has vacated an arbitration award in favor of the appellee and remanded on that ground.
The award of the arbitration panel was not in manifest disregard of the law. Instead, the district court engaged in an analysis of the merits of the arbitration panel’s award and found legal error. Such an analysis is proscribed by…
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