Vito J. Pitta, as President of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, Afl-Cio v. Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., Millard Cass

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• finding that a district court’s findings of fact were binding on the subsequent arbitration
• arbitrator disqualified because the subject of the arbitrable grievance directly concerned the arbitrator’s own employment for an extended period of time
• “The relationship between a party and the arbitrator may, in some circumstances, create a risk of unfairness so inconsistent with basic principles of justice that the arbitration award must be automatically vacated.”
• “[T]he unique role of arbitrators, whose special expertise arises from wide experience in their fields, sometimes leads to a gain of their professional knowledge and skill at the cost of the appearance of less than complete impartiality.”
• an arbitrator decided a grievance that directly concerned his own employment

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