Port Arthur Steam Energy LP v. Oxbow Calcining LLC

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

This appeal involves the parameters for setting aside an arbitral decision based on the evident partiality of an arbitrator. The underlying arbitration, between two corporations, involved the allocation of responsibility for environmental compliance costs at an industrial facility. Oxbow Calcining LLC initiated the arbitration proceeding against Port Arthur Steam Energy, L.P. (PASE), before the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Oxbow and PASE selected David Peden as one of the arbitrators to serve on a three-member panel.

Before the AAA panel, the parties…