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DEAN v. SULLIVAN

No. 96-4005.

118 F.3d 1170 (1997)

Raymond C. DEAN, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Raymond C. Dean & Company, an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellant, v. Gerald M. SULLIVAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Gerald M. SULLIVAN, et al., Counter-Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Raymond C. DEAN d/b/a Raymond C. Dean & Company, Counter-Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim R. Sturgeon (argued), Sturgeon & Associates, St. Charles, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul V. Esposito (argued), Douglas A. Lindsay, Blake T. Lynch, John William Loseman, Michael J. Lybrook, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, IL, for Gerald M. Sullivan, Local 130, U.A. Plumbers' Welfare Fund, Trust Fund for Apprentice and Journeyman Education and Training, Local 130, U.A., Plumbing Council for Chicagoland.

Paul V. Esposito (argued), Douglas A. Lindsay, Blake T. Lynch, John William Loseman, Michael J. Lybrook, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Julian D. Schreiber, Borovsky & Ehrlich, Chicago, IL, for Chicago Journeymen Plumbers, U.A., Local 130.

Before CUDAHY, ESCHBACH, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

A loser at commercial or labor arbitration might very well wish to circumvent the arbiter's decision and head unencumbered for the courts. But if final and binding arbitration is to serve its purpose, it must be just that — final and binding. Arbitration would otherwise become little more than a procedural detour, without ultimate significance.

Companies and unions in their collective bargaining agreements regularly assent to...

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