Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Association International. Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Association International

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant Northwest Airlines brought this suit to set aside an arbitration award to the Air Line Pilots Association pursuant to the Railway Labor Act. 1 Although the district court concluded that the award was predicated on a dis-positive mistake of fact, it granted the Association’s motion for summary judgment, holding that it lacked power to review an arbitrator’s findings on the merits “regardless of the degree to which the arbitrator’s views on the facts and the law might be open to question.” 2 We reverse.

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