United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit by a labor union over a company's proposed shift in employee evaluation policies, grant of plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where a clause in the parties' collective bargaining agreement obligating the company to recognize the union as the employees' sole bargaining representative formed an adequate basis for arbitration based on the language of the arbitration clause.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2006
• Decided 07/02/2007
• Published 07/02/2007

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barry M. Bennett (argued), Justin J. Lannoye, Dowd, Bloch & Bennett, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jeffrey W. Sarles (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.