Utah Transit Authority v. Local 382 of the Amalgamated Transit Union

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

T1 This case arises out of collective bargaining negotiations between the Utah Transit Authority and Local 882 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. Those negotiations came to a standstill in 2009, when the parties entered into arbitration and litigation to resolve their disputes The district court granted UTA's partial motion for summary judgment in the ensuing litigation, and the Union appealed.

T2 Before the matter could be addressed on appeal, however, the arbitrator entered a binding ruling largely in favor of the Union. With this ruling in hand, the parties…