Legal Opinion
Stead Motors of Walnut Creek v. Automotive MacHinists Lodge No. 1173, International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1989No. 87-2053PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to consider once again the nature and extent of the “public policy exception” to the finality of labor arbitrators’ awards. In so doing, we reemphasize both the narrow manner in which we have historically construed that exception and the general deference we have afforded, and must afford, to the awards of labor arbitrators. Gale Rocks, an auto mechanic and member of appellant Lodge 1173 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (“Local” or “the union”), was discharged for work-related conduct. The matter was submitted…
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