United States Seventh Circuit

Declaratory judgment for employer in dispute over membership in a Union collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is affirmed where the district court did not err by deciding the question of whether plaintiff-employer had terminated an earlier CBA, where this was necessary in order to resolve the question of the arbitrability of the grievance under a later agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/30/2006
• Decided 09/19/2006
• Published 09/19/2006

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan O. Levine (argued), Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant-Appellee., Terrance B. McGann (argued), Karen M. Rioux, Whitfield & McGann, Chicago, IL, for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff-Appellant.