Opinion ID: 603539
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Vacation

Text: 9 Title 9 U.S.C. § 10(a) provides that a district court may vacate an award: 10 (1) Where the award was procured by corruption, fraud or undue means. 11 (2) Where there was evident partiality or corruption in the arbitrators.... 12 (3) Where the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing ... or in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced. 13 (4) Where the arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them that a mutual, final and definite award upon the subject matter was not made. 14 9 U.S.C. § 10(a). 15 In this circuit, section 10 of the Arbitration Act describes the only grounds upon which a reviewing court may vacate an arbitration award. R.M. Perez & Associates, Inc. v. Welch, 960 F.2d 534 (5th Cir.1992); accord Robbins v. Day, 954 F.2d 679 (11th Cir.1992). 2 16 McIlroy urged the district court to vacate the arbitration award on grounds that the award was the product of such gross mistake as to imply failure to exercise honest judgment. D.Ct. Op. at 5. He offered no evidence of a gross mistake save the discrepancy between his claim and the panel's award. Without deciding whether McIlroy's allegation was true, the district court found that he failed to meet any of the grounds for attacking an award listed in section 10 and denied the motion. We agree with the district court that McIlroy's allegations, standing alone, do not entitle him to vacation of the award under section 10 of the Arbitration Act.