FREEMAN v. PITTSBURGH GLASS WORKS, LLC

No. 12-2026.

709 F.3d 240 (2013)

James D. FREEMAN, Appellant, v. PITTSBURGH GLASS WORKS, LLC; PGW Auto Glass, LLC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: March 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Fox [ARGUED], Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellant.

David S. Becker , Jeffrey J. Mayer [ARGUED], Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, Robert B. Cottington , Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.

Before: SMITH, CHAGARES, and BARRY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

James Freeman recently lost an arbitration dispute. Soon thereafter, he discovered that the arbitrator had received contributions for a judicial campaign from PPG Industries, the defendants' minority owner. Freeman filed a motion to vacate the arbitration award, but he conveniently failed to mention that the law firm representing him had contributed a far greater amount to the same campaign. The District Court denied the motion...

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