Alvey, Incorporated v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688

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• holding that this court ordinarily cannot review “[a]n arbitrator’s decision allocating the burden of proof among the parties” without “specific controlling language in the collective bargaining agreement”
• rejecting review of an arbitrator’s determination of the legal framework for evaluation of a grievance “[u]nless there is specific controlling language in the collective bargaining agreement”
• refusing to recognize the arbitrariness and capriciousness of an arbi-tral award as a ground for vacation
• “arbitrary and capricious” is a standard that “governs appeals under the [APA], not the [FAA]”
• the term “possession” in CBA prohibiting possession of narcotics at work was ambiguous, and arbitration decision limiting it to “knowing possession” drew its essence from the agreement
• where arbitrator found employee had not “knowingly” possessed drags at work in violation of CBA, that employee’s reinstatement “did no clear violence” to public policy against workplace drug use

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