Opinion ID: 559879
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Heading: Continuation of the Arbitration and Confirmation of the Award

Text: 31 Appearing before the reconstituted panel of arbitrators, NPC pursued its efforts to have the dispute rearbitrated ab initio. It asked Arnold to resign and allow a new chairman to be chosen. Arnold refused, citing the district court's decision that, with the addition of Berg, the panel was properly assembled and could determine its own course. Arnold and Nelson agreed, with Berg not voting, that the December 1981 Award's finding of liability was correct, and that, as a partial final award, it could not be disturbed. The panel proceeded to hear evidence, and it eventually awarded damages to Trade. Berg dissented in part from the damage award. 32 In an opinion reported at 738 F.Supp. 789, the district court confirmed the damage award over objections by NPC. These objections related primarily to (a) the court's insertion of Berg into the existing panel and refusal to order the creation of an entirely new panel, and (b) the reconstituted panel's refusal to hear further evidence concerning liability for cancellation of the fourth voyage. The district court reaffirmed its ruling concerning Berg's replacement of Crocker and found the other objections to be without merit because the scope of the panel's inquiry had been expressly left to its discretion. This appeal followed.