SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS v. UNITED FOOD, LOCAL 791

No. 02-2032.

321 F.3d 251 (2003)

SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 791, AFL-CIO, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Watson, Nancy A. McGuire, Thomas W. Colomb, and Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on brief for appellant.

Betsy Ehrenberg and Pyle, Rome, Lichten & Ehrenberg, P.C. on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 791 ("the Union") pursued like grievances under three separate contracts for three Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc. regions and then brought them to American Arbitration Association ("AAA") arbitration, asking for a single consolidated proceeding. Shaw's objected to the proposed consolidation and brought a federal action for a declaratory judgment that, as a matter of law, a party is prohibited from...

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