Misco, Inc. v. United Paperworkers International Union, Afl-Cio, and Quachita Local 654

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In today’s case we review a determination by the district court that the award of an arbitrator contravenes well-defined public policy and hence should not be enforced.

In the course of an opinion perhaps most kindly described as whimsical,1 the arbitrator noted the following facts, among others, as established by the evidence that he heard. The employer’s plant, where grievant Cooper worked, had a drug and drinking problem. The night shift in particular, of which Cooper was a member, had experienced problems with production and accuracy not encountered by the day shift. At…