(April 9, 2019, 12:03 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 5 approved a request for fees filed by construction companies in a contractor’s appeal of an order vacating an international arbitral award that was issued in a dispute over contracts for the construction of buildings in Afghanistan (Aspic Engineering and Construction Company v. ECC Centom Constructors LLC, et al., No. 17-16510, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 10173)....