Legal Opinion · Dissent
Major League Umpires Ass'n v. American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 17, 2004No. 02-1103, 02-1124, 02-1276PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1DissentBecker, Circuit Judge
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a labor dispute between Major League Baseball and its umpires, the majority of whom resigned in protest over what they viewed as objectionable policies which the Commissioner of Baseball sought to implement during the 1999 season. Although all of the resigning umpires eventually attempted to rescind their letters of resignation, the events that followed left a substantial number of them unemployed. The twenty-two unemployed umpires subsequently filed grievances that were submitted to an arbitrator.
The District Court confirmed the Arbitrator’s…
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