Legal Opinion
Santiago Amaro v. The Continental Can Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1984No. 83-5519PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
INTRODUCTION
In this case we are confronted with the competing tensions of access to the courts and arbitration. The issue presented is whether an arbitration award on a grievance under a collective bargaining agreement is res judicata of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) claim arising out of the same facts. A related issue is whether exhaustion of arbitration procedures for contractual grievances is required prior to bringing a statutory claim under section 510 of ERISA. The district court held that the arbitration award on a contractual grievance…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by176 opinions
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- Arthur Fallick v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Nechis v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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