Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether an arbitrator exceeded his authority or violated public policy by ordering a make-whole remedy that extended beyond the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement.

I

The facts surrounding this controversy were not disputed. Before it ceased operating its Union City, California plant on November 1, 1986, McKesson Chemical Company (“McKesson”), a division of McKesson Corporation, sold and distributed chemicals nationwide. The seven truck drivers employed by McKesson at the Union City facility were represented by the International Brotherhood…