In Doral Financial Corp. v. Garcia-Velez, 725 F.3d 27 (1st Cir. 2013), LJL 33rd Street Associates v. Pitcairn Associates Properties, 725 F.3d 184 (2d Cir. 2013), and Bain Cotton Co. v. Chesnutt Cotton Co., 531 F. App’x 500, Appeal 12-11138 (5th Cir. June 24, 2013), the appeals each involved a losing party attempting to vacate an arbitration award by arguing that when the arbitrator(s) refused to give the parties free rein in seeking discovery or offering evidence, the arbitrators’ decisions were...
