United States Seventh Circuit
United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1546 v. Illinois-American Water Co., 08-3144
In an employment termination action, district grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff and the arbitrator's award for plaintiff is affirmed where the arbitrator provided exactly what the parties bargained for, and interpreted what he perceived to be ambiguity within the Last Chance Agreement to address a situation that he concluded the contract did not contemplate by its express terms.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/17/2009
- Decided 06/26/2009
- Published 06/26/2009
Judges
- KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Charles Orlove (argued), Attorney, Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, Stanton & Hernandez, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Terry L. Potter (argued), Attorney, Husch Blackwell Sanders, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.