CHALLENGER CARIBBEAN CORP. v. UNION GEN. DE TRABAJADORES de PUERTO RICO

No. 89-1869.

903 F.2d 857 (1990)

CHALLENGER CARIBBEAN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNION GENERAL de TRABAJADORES de PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Schachter, Newark, N.J., with whom Reinaldo Perez Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., and Reinhardt & Schachter, P.C., Newark, N.J., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Vincente J. Antonetti with whom Rosa Maria Cruz Niemiec and Goldman & Antonetti, Santurce, P.R., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Unión General De Trabajadores de Puerto Rico ("Union") appeals a district court order vacating an arbitration award of reinstatement and back pay to employees discharged by Challenger Caribbean Corporation ("Company"). The district court vacated the award on the ground that the remedy fashioned by the arbitrator disregards the severance pay remedy prescribed by law and the contract between the parties.

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