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Title: Forman v. Small
Author : District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 16, 2001
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 69 KB

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Teamsters Local Union No. 61 (Local 61) seeks reversal of the district courts grant of summary judgment to United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), affirming two rulings of the Atlantic Area Parcel Grievance Committee (Committee), a joint management-labor panel created to resolve UPS employee grievances. In resolving a discharge grievance brought by employee Mark Thompson, the Committee decided on January 20, 1999 that the case could proceed to the merits; on February 16, 1999 it upheld Thompsons discharge. In district court, Local 61 argued that the two decisions were invalid because each was made absent a quorum. Finding that the Committees impartial arbitrator had the authority to decide to proceed to the merits and that the Committee could decide the merits in the absence of the union Committee members, the district court held that Local 61 did "not meet the substantial burden required to vacate the arbitration decision" and it granted UPSs motion for summary judgment. Joint Appendix (JA) 255. We agree and therefore affirm the district courts grant of summary judgment.