1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 729 F.3d
  5. 729 F.3d 839 (2013)
 

ALCAN PACKAGING CO. v. GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

No. 12-3272.

729 F.3d 839 (2013)

ALCAN PACKAGING CO., Petitioner-Appellee, v. GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS & LOCAL UNION NO. 77-P; Graphic Communications Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters & Local Union No. 727-S, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Deacon Allison , argued, Chicago, IL ( N. Elizabeth Reynolds , on the brief, Chicago, IL, Mark T. Hedberg , on the brief, Des Moines, IA), for appellant.

John F. Lorentzen , argued, Des Moines, IA ( Matthew R. Eslick , on the brief, Des Moines, IA, Kevin J. Kinney , on the brief, Milwaukee, WI), for appellee.

Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Teamsters Local Unions 727-S and 77-P ("the Unions") appeal from the district court's order vacating an arbitrator's award of severance pay. Because the arbitrator was at least arguably construing or applying the collective bargaining agreement, a federal court must defer to the arbitrator's interpretation, and we therefore reverse.

I.

In 2009, Rio Tinto PLC agreed to sell to Bemis Company, Inc., three packaging plants operated...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases