Legal Opinion
Communications Workers of America and Its Local 5090 v. Western Electric Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 26, 1984No. 83-3236PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises yet again, but in a different context, the question of the proper role for a court to play in deciding whether a dispute between an employee and employer is arbitrable under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
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Defendant-Appellant, Western Electric (the “Company”), appeals from a district court order compelling it to arbitrate, under a collective bargaining agreement (the “Agreement”), a grievance filed by Plaintiff-Appellee, Communications Workers of America and its Local 5090 (the “Union”), challenging the September 25, 1981…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Nolde Bros., Inc. v. Local No. 358, Bakery & Confectionery Workers UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by15 opinions
- At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jones Dairy Farm v. Local No. P-1236, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Local 703, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Kennicott Bros. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 35 v. The Washington PostCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- United Steelworkers of America v. Fermet Reclamation, Ltd.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
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