Garages v. Transport Workers Union of America

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The sole question in this case is: Whether a court’s order, following the granting of a preliminary injunction in referring the question of an employee’s discharge *372to an arbitrator who stated that the employee was to remain on the payroll until the determination, is to be considered part of a submission to the arbitrator?

William Washington, who was vice-president of Local 700, was discharged by Sley System Garages on March 1, 1961. On March 2, his fellow-employees went on a sympathetic strike and the company instituted an action in equity and secured a preliminary…