TENASKA ENERGY v. PONDEROSA PINE ENERGY

No. 12-0789.

437 S.W.3d 518 (2014)

TENASKA ENERGY, INC., Tenaska Energy Holdings, LLC, Tenaska Cleburne, LLC, Continental Energy Services, Inc., and Illinova Generating Company, Petitioners, v. PONDEROSA PINE ENERGY, LLC, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 23, 2014.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen S. Mitchell , Mitchell, Goff & Mitchell, L.L.P., Dallas, Howard L. Close , Patrick McAndrew , Wanda McKee Fowler , Wright & Close LLP, Houston, TX, for Petitioner Continental Energy Services, Inc.

Bradley C. Weber , Bradley Knapp , Bryce Christian Quine , Mike A. Hatchell , Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner Illinova Generating Company.

Deborah G. Hankinson , Ryan D. Clinton , Hankinson LLP, Dallas, John J. `Mike' McKetta III , William W. Dibrell , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, for Petitioner Tenaska Energy, Inc.

B. Frank Cain , Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller LLP, Fort Worth, Marc S. Tabolsky , Reagan W. Simpson , Ryan Parker Bates , Yetter Coleman, LLP, Houston, Michael W. Huddleston , Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC, Dallas, TX, Constance Boland, Frank Penski, New York, for Respondent.


Justice GUZMAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Evident partiality of an arbitrator is a ground for vacating an arbitration award under both the Federal Arbitration Act and the Texas Arbitration Act. Adhering to United States Supreme Court precedent, we held almost two decades ago that a neutral arbitrator is evidently partial if she fails to disclose facts that might, to an objective observer, create a reasonable impression...

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