O'Conner v. United States

OPINION

MILLER, Judge.

This case is before the court after oral argument on defendant’s second motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, second motion for partial summary judgment. Plaintiffs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that commits them to binding arbitration of their grievances. Intervening between defendant’s two dispositive motions was an appellate ruling that overturned dismissal of plaintiffs’ claims for lack of jurisdiction, but affirmed this court’s alternate ruling on the merits that certain claims were barred *166by a settlement agreement negotiated by plaintiffs’…