Pacific Reinsurance Management Corp. v. Ohio Reinsurance Corp.

935 F.2d 1019 PACIFIC REINSURANCE MANAGEMENT CORP.; Mission Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OHIO REINSURANCE CORP.; Walton Insurance Ltd.; Abeille-Paix Reassurances; Hamburg International Reinsurance Company; Hassneh Insurance Company of Israel Ltd.; Seguros America S.A., Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 88-6242, 88-6560 and 89-55550. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1991. Decided June 5, 1991. Elliott M. Kroll, Kroll & Tract, Los Angeles, Cal., Barry L. Weissman, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Universal City, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Linda M. Lasley, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ALARCON, NORRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Ohio Reinsurance Corp., et al. appeals the district court's denial of a partial stay of arbitration, confirmation of the arbitration panel's Interim Final Order (IFO), and the district court's supersedeas bond order pending appeal of the IFO. The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sec. 1 et seq., does not confer independent…