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113251P.pdf 08/28/2012 Sheet Metal Workers, etc. v. Silgan Containers, etc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3251
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - St. Joseph
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and
Gruender, Circuit Judge]
Civil case - Labor law. Arbitration provision in the Collective
Bargaining Agreement between the Union and the employer mandated
arbitration of discharged employee's grievance, and his death before the
matter could be arbitrated did not render the Union unable to enforce the
provision on his behalf.