San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild, and Unincorporated Association v. The Tribune Publishing Co., a Corporation

Appellant (Guild) sought in the district court to vacate the award of an arbitrator chosen under a collective bargaining agreement to settle a dispute arising under the agreement as to salaries of certain employees. This appeal is from an order of the district court granting appellee’s motion for a summary judgment.

The dispute involves the interaction of two separate schedules in the contract. The arbitrator analyzed the schedules and reached a result. The Guild concedes that the arbitrator relied “only on the language of the contract itself”, but urges that the award is based upon an…