United States First Circuit

Order vacating an arbitration award is affirmed where the arbitrator had no authority under the collective bargaining agreement to overturn a hospital's shift assignment policy since it was not plausible for the arbitrator to find that a clause in the agreement was not subject to interpretation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/02/2006
• Published 06/02/2006

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, CYR and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James F. Lamond, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard P. Ward, for appellee.