Magnavox Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers

We consider the appeal of defendants, International Union and its member Roy E. Whaley, from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee setting aside an arbitrator’s award. The award *389ordered reinstatement of Whaley in a job from which he had been discharged by appellee, The Magnavox Company of Tennessee.

Whaley had been off from work for reasons of health. Thereafter he sought to return to work, presenting his doctor’s certificate that he could return to work but not in any place where he would be exposed to intense heat. His regular job called…