W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers

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• “Economic necessity is not recognized as a commercial impracticability defense to a breach-of-contract claim.”
• Title VII conciliation process and collective bargaining process are complementary rather than conflicting
• Title VII conciliation process and collective bargaining process are complementary rather than conflicting
• the public policy exception defined in W.R. Grace in the context of enforcing an arbitrator's interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement is a specific application of general contract interpretation
• “Neither a disagreement with the arbitrator’s findings of fact nor a difference of opinion about the correct interpretation of the contract is an occasion for judicial intervention.”
• courts must enforce arbitrator’s decision regardless of merits unless endorsement would be contrary to public policy or the decision did not draw its essence from the collective bargaining agreement

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