Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Miller Brewing Co. v. Brewery Workers Local Union No. 9

Miller Brewing Co. v. Brewery Workers Loc. Union No. 9, 83 L. Ed. 2d 926 (1985)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-01-14
Topic
general

holding that section 301 supersedes the Arbitration Act because section 301 was enacted long after the Arbitration Act and deals specifically, as the Arbitration Act does not, with labor contracts | court may reverse award that “clearly” was not “within the contemplation of the parties and ... implicitly authorized by the agreement” | general rule is that an employee may not move to vacate arbitration award unless the union has breached its duty of fair representation | FAA’s exclusion of contracts of employment of workers engaged in interstate commerce limited to workers employed in transportation industries | general rule is that an employee may not move to vacate arbitration award unless the union has breached its duty of fair representation | suppression not required for technical violations of wiretap statute in absence of bad faith | Section 1 exclusion limited to workers employed in the transportation industry. | exclusionary language limited to workers employed in the transportation industries

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.