Trade & Transport, Inc. v. Natural Petroleum Charterers Incorporated

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Natural Petroleum Charterers Incorporated (“NPC” or “NPCI”) appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Milton Pollack, Judge, confirming an arbitration award in favor of plaintiff Trade & Transport, Inc. (“Trade”), in the sum of $625,752.01 plus interest. See 738 F.Supp. 789 (1990). During the pend-ency of the arbitration, but after a partial final award had been rendered, a member of the three-member arbitration panel died. The district court ruled that the resulting vacancy had been properly filled…