THIRD CIRCUIT ACCORDS “EXTREME DEFERENCE” TO ARBITRATOR’S AWARD
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling confirming an arbitration award in a labor dispute under a collective bargaining agreement. The Court reiterated the principles of “extreme deference” accorded to arbitrator decisions under the Federal Arbitration Act, and cited the arbitrator’s review of testimony, exhibits, briefs, oral argument and thoughtful seven-page memorandum of decision. The Court concluded by citing the district court’s statement that the case “is really nothing more than Tube City’s quibbling over the arbitrator’s interpretation of the CBA [collective bargaining agreement].” Tube City IMS, LLC v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Mfg., Energy, Allied Industrial Service Workers Int’l Union, Local 5852-19, No. 10-1403 (3d Cir. Jan. 6, 2011).
This post written by John Pitblado.
