United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in a suit challenging the exemption from arbitration of a grievance that had been filed under the negotiated grievance procedure of a collective bargaining agreement is affirmed where the original claim was exempt from arbitration or further review by any agency because it related to "professional conduct or competence."

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/14/2006
• Decided 10/02/2006
• Published 10/02/2006

Judges

• DUFFY, Senior District Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GRABER, Circuit Judge, and DUFFY, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin M. Grille, Assistant General Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees, ALF-CIO, Chicago, IL, for the plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees., Greg Addington, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV, for the defendants-appellees/cross-appellants.