MANVILLE FOREST PROD. v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERN.

No. 86-4959.

831 F.2d 72 (1987)

MANVILLE FOREST PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO and United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 364, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peyton Lacy, Jr., Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, Ala., Richard A. Gear, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert H. Urann, Gardner, Robein & Healey, Metairie, La., Melinda Branscomb, United Paperworkers Intern. Union, Legal Dept., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, JOHNSON, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The Manville Forest Products Corporation (Manville) appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment enforcing an arbitration award in favor of the United Paperworkers International Union. Because we agree with the district court that the award was based on the collective bargaining agreement and did not violate public policy, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Manville owns a paper mill in West Monroe, Louisiana. The United Paperworkers...

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