MASSACHUSETTS NURSES v. NORTH ADAMS REGIONAL HOSP.

No. 05-2799.

467 F.3d 27 (2006)

MASSACHUSETTS NURSES ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. NORTH ADAMS REGIONAL HOSPITAL, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Hickernell, with whom Alan J. McDonald and McDonald, Lamond & Canzoneri were on brief, for appellant.

Robert B. Gordon, with whom David C. Potter and Ropes & Gray LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to mull the circumstances in which a union, having successfully arbitrated a grievance, may leverage the award to bypass procedures prescribed by a collective bargaining agreement and obtain direct federal court relief for subsequent episodes of alleged employer misconduct. In the case at hand, the district court thwarted the union's attempt to short-circuit the grievance process, finding too great a disparity between...

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