Vic Wertz Distributing Co. v. Teamsters Local 1038, National Conference of Brewery & Soft Drink Workers

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Vic Wertz Distributing Company appeals the district court’s summary judgment enforcing an arbitration award for Teamsters Local 1038 and dismissing Wertz’s action challenging the arbitration award. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I

On November 1,1983, Local 1038 entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Macomb County Beer Distributors, a multi-employer association of which Wertz was a member. The collective bargaining agreement was to expire on May 1, 1987, and in February 1987, Local 1038 entered into negotiations for a successor…