United States Seventh Circuit

In an appeal of an arbitration decision, district court ruling upholding arbitrator's judgment against plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the arbitrator's decision was based on the essence of the collective bargaining agreement and he acted within his authority to interpret; 2) the decision was not contrary to public policy; and 3) the arbitrator had the authority to decide what penalty was appropriate for the safety violation in question.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/25/2008
• Decided 03/12/2009
• Published 03/12/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Glenn E. Plosa, Attorney (argued), L. Michael Zinser, Attorney, Zinser Law Firm, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barbara Z. Quindel, Attorney (argued), Hawks, Quindel, Ehlke & Perry, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.