Legal Opinion
The Delta Queen Steamboat Company v. District 2 Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, Associated Maritime Officers, Afl-Cio and Philip Ritchie
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1989No. 89-3084PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This labor arbitration dispute arose as a consequence of a near collision between a commercial passenger vessel and a tow of river barges while navigating upstream through a dangerous channel of the Mississippi River. We are asked to decide whether a labor arbitrator exceeded his contractual authority by ordering the reinstatement to full employment of the responsible riverboat captain. Concluding that the district court properly vacated that portion of the arbitrator’s award requiring reinstatement, we affirm.
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Captain Philip Ritchie, a forty-year veteran of the…
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