Legal Opinion
McDonald v. City of West Branch
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1984No. 83-219PublishedCited by 564 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question presented in this § 1983 action is whether a federal court may accord preclusive effect to an unappealed arbitration award in a case brought under that statute. In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that such awards have preclusive effect. We granted certiorari, 464 U. S. 813 (1983), and now reverse.
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On November 26, 1976, petitioner Gary McDonald, then a West Branch, Mich., police officer, was discharged. McDon- aid filed a grievance pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement then in force between West Branch and the United Steelworkers…
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