National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 189 Labor Committee

Dissenting Opinion filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.

RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court vacating an arbitrator’s award. The arbitrator ruled that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation— “Amtrak” — must reinstate, with backpay *337and lost seniority, an employee Amtrak fired for misconduct. A union — the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 189 — brought the arbitration on the employee’s behalf. The issue is whether “procedural limitations on the conduct of internal investigations contained in a collective bargaining agreement between Amtrak and…