Dallas & Mavis Forwarding Co. V. General Drivers

MERRITT, Chief Judge. The majority of an arbitration board determined that the plaintiff violated provisions of a collective bargaining agreement by refusing to merge its seniority list with the list of another employer that laid off workers after a loss of business in the wake of a major contract revision. The plaintiff sought to have the award for the defendant vacated by the District Court. We agree with the court that the arbitration board's award was rationally drawn from the essence of the collective bargaining agreement, and so we affirm the grant of summary judgment to the defendant.