Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company, Plaintiff-Counterclaim v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc, Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellant

This case involves a dispute over an arbitrator’s discretion to interpret the collective bargaining agreement (“Agreement”) between plaintiff Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company (“Warrior”) and defendant United Steelworkers of America (“USW”). The arbitrator determined that Warrior should not have terminated a Warrior employee. The district court reversed this decision and granted Warrior summary judgment. USW now appeals. Because we conclude that the arbitrator’s remedy contradicted the express language of the Agreement, we AFFIRM the district court’s decision.

I. Facts and Background

The…