Dowd v. First Omaha Securities Corp.

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• acknowledging that, absent an outright admission by the biased party, partiality may be very difficult to show
• observing that when Nebraska arbitration law conflicts with federal law, federal law prevails
• adopting Morelite Const, test as appropriate for considering whether arbitrator was evidently partial under federal law
• adopting Morelite Const, test as appropriate for considering whether arbitrator was evidently partial under federal law
• rejecting evident partiality claim where the arbitrator had a lawsuit pending against employer of party’s expert witness and noting district court’s factual finding that arbitrator had no duty to disclose the lawsuit and arbitrator’s “interest, if any was de minimis”
• “[t]he U.S. Supreme Court has held that the FAA requires state courts, as well as federal courts, to grant stays pending arbitration”

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