FORSYTHE INTERN., S.A. v. GIBBS OIL CO. OF TEXAS

No. 89-6148.

915 F.2d 1017 (1990)

FORSYTHE INTERNATIONAL, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIBBS OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Sentner, Jr., Antoninette Van Heugten, Erik G. Heymann, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barbara Lowe, Susman, Godfrey & McGowan, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, DUHE and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

An arbitration panel awarded appellant Forsythe International, S.A. ("Forsythe") damages for breach of an oral contract by Gibbs Oil Company ("Gibbs"). The district court vacated the award and remanded the cause to a new panel, finding that Forsythe fraudulently procured the award and that the panel was guilty of misconduct for refusing to hear material evidence or act on the allegations of misrepresentation against Forsythe. We reverse the...

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