S.D. WARREN CO. v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS' INTERN.

No. 87-1570.

846 F.2d 827 (1988)

S.D. WARREN COMPANY, A DIVISION OF SCOTT PAPER CO., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 1069, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Sunenblick, with whom Sunenblick, Reben, Benjamin & March, Portland, Me., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

S. Mason Pratt, Jr., with whom Elizabeth Pearce Hunt and Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, United Paperworkers Union, and appellee, S.D. Warren, have entered into a collective bargaining contract that expressly provides that the "Company reserves the sole right to ... discharge employees for proper cause." A different agreement between them, embodied in Mill Rule 7, says (in Part A) that "possession, use or sale on Mill property of intoxicants, marijuana, narcotics or other drugs" is "considered cause[] for discharge."...

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