BAYAMON CAN CO. v. CONGRESO de UNIONES INDUSTRIALES

No. 87-1817.

843 F.2d 65 (1988)

BAYAMON CAN COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CONGRESO de UNIONES INDUSTRIALES de PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicolas Delgado Figueroa, Santurce, P.R., on brief for defendant, appellant.

Luis D. Ortiz Abreu with whom Goldman & Antonetti, Santurce, P.R., was on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the recurring problem of a district court substituting its own judgment for that of an arbitrator in the interpretation of a collective bargaining contract, a practice which is normally proscribed. United Paperworkers Int'l Union v. Misco, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 108 S.Ct. 364, 98 L.Ed.2d 286 (1987). We reverse.

The Congreso de Uniones Industriales de Puerto Rico (Union), the certified bargaining agent for the...

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