ZEON CHEMICALS v. UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS

No. 19-5703.

949 F.3d 980 (2020)

ZEON CHEMICALS, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS, LOCAL 72D, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael J. Wall , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Catherine F. Burgett , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael J. Wall , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, David O'Brien Suetholz , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, Pamela M. Newport , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Catherine F. Burgett , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Richard S. Cleary , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Zeon Chemicals fired James Jenkins on the ground that he violated the company's attendance policy. Consistent with the collective bargaining agreement, the local union took Jenkins' discharge to arbitration. The arbitrator reinstated Jenkins. Zeon challenged the award in federal court, and the district court...

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