In Mian v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette Securities Corp., 7 F.3d 1085 (2nd Cir. 1993) Mian sued in district court alleging that the defendants had discriminated against him because of his race during arbitration proceedings. His suit, therefore, was a civil rights action under 42 United States Code sections 1981, 1985(3), and 1986, not a suit challenging the arbitration award. The second circuit held that the limitations periods applicable to sections 1981, 1985, and 1986 applied in the case before it, even though a major component of Mian's damages would consist of the amount of the arbitration award. Id. at 1087. The longer period is not consistent with even the common-law rule that favors arbitration and indulges every reasonable presumption in favor of upholding an award. See House Grain Co. v. Obst, 659 S.W.2d 903, 905 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 1983, writ ref'd n.r.e.).