SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
INTRODUCTION
In this case we are confronted with the competing tensions of access to the courts and arbitration. The issue presented is whether an arbitration award on a grievance under a collective bargaining agreement is res judicata of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") claim arising out of the same facts. A related issue is whether exhaustion of arbitration procedures for contractual grievances is required prior...
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