WESTVACO CORP. v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERN. UNION

No. 98-1601.

171 F.3d 971 (1999)

WESTVACO CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, on behalf of its affiliated LOCAL UNION 676, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James J. Vergara, Jr., Vergara & Associates, Hopewell, Virginia, for Appellant. Clinton Stephen Morse, Flippin, Densmore, Morse, Rutherford & Jessee, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Todd A. Leeson, Flippin, Densmore, Morse, Rutherford & Jessee, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and LUTTIG and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Mark Ravenscroft was fired from his job at Westvaco Corporation for sexually harassing a co-worker. He grieved his discharge and the matter was arbitrated pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between his union and the company. The arbitrator imposed upon Ravenscroft a nine-month...

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