DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO. v. DIST. 2 MARINE ENG.

No. 89-3084.

889 F.2d 599 (1989)

The DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DISTRICT 2 MARINE ENGINEERS BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATED MARITIME OFFICERS, AFL-CIO and Philip Ritchie, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel C. Glanstein, O'Donnell & Schwartz, New York City, William Lurye and Louis Robein, Gardner, Robein & Urann, Metairie, La., for defendants-appellants.

Daniel Lund and A. Gordon Grant, Jr. Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DAVIS and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This labor arbitration dispute arose as a consequence of a near collision between a commercial passenger vessel and a tow of river barges while navigating upstream through a dangerous channel of the Mississippi River. We are asked to decide whether a labor arbitrator exceeded his contractual authority by ordering the reinstatement to full employment of the responsible riverboat captain. Concluding that the district court properly vacated...

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