Opinion
No. 07-10230.
May 15, 2008.
Robert Glenn Chadwick, Jr., for Movants-Appellees.
William O. Wuester, Douglas Wuester Stenholm, Fort Worth, TX, for Claimants-Appellants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, USDC No. 4:06-cv-00641.
Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
We VACATE the judgment of the district court and REMAND for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 1396, 170 L.Ed.2d 254 (2008) (holding that, regardless of the parties' agreement to the contrary, district courts must review an arbitrator's findings of fact and conclusions of law under the highly deferential standard set forth in 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)).