Opinion ID: 40578
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Text: 8 This Court reviews a district court's confirmation of an arbitration award de novo. Action Indus., Inc. v. U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co., 358 F.3d 337, 339-40 (5th Cir.2004). Review of the award is deferential, with vacatur permitted only on narrow grounds. Brabham v. A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., 376 F.3d 377, 380 (5th Cir.2004); First Options of Chicago v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938, 942, 115 S.Ct. 1920, 131 L.Ed.2d 985 (1995) (stating that vacatur should occur only in very unusual circumstances). In this Circuit, an arbitration award may be vacated on two nonstatutory grounds: if the award displays manifest disregard of the law or is contrary to public policy. Kergosien v. Ocean Energy, Inc., 390 F.3d 346, 353 (5th Cir.2004).