NFL Players Ass'n v. National Football League

Docket Number15-1438
Decision Date04 August 2016

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4 cases
  • United States ex rel. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 98 v. Farfield Co.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • February 5, 2020
    ..."The essence of the CBA is derived not only from its express provisions, but also from the industrial common law." NFL Players Ass'n v. NFL, 831 F.3d 985, 993 (8th Cir. 2016) (citation omitted). "Clear and longstanding practices of the parties—in other words, ‘past practices’—can establish ......
  • Trimark Hotel Corp. v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs Local Union No. 70
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Minnesota
    • March 23, 2022
    ...when two parties submit an issue to arbitration, it confers authority upon the arbitrator to decide that issue." NFL Players Ass'n v. NFL , 831 F.3d 985, 997 (8th Cir. 2016) (cleaned up). However, because Trimark and the Union did not agree on what the issue was, it was within the arbitrato......
  • Anheuser-Busch, LLC v. Local 1, Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Missouri
    • November 18, 2016
    ...that "we do not review whether the arbitrator ‘correctly’ construed the Collective Bargaining Agreement," NFL Players Assoc. v. NFL , 831 F.3d 985, 993 (8th Cir. 2016), the arbitrator "may not ignore the plain language of the contract," Misco , 484 U.S. at 38, 108 S.Ct. 364, and he "does no......
  • Centerpoint Energy Res. Corp. v. Gas Workers Union
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • April 10, 2019
    ...or applying the contract and acting within the scope of his authority,’ the arbitral decision must stand." NFL Players Ass’n v. NFL , 831 F.3d 985, 993 (8th Cir. 2016) (quoting Misco , 484 U.S. at 38, 108 S.Ct. 364 ). Even a "serious error" by the arbitrator in construing the contract is in......