Case Name: INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 189, Appellant, v. PUREX CORPORATION, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1977-12-07
Citations: 566 F.2d 48
Docket Number: No. 77-1402
Parties: INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 189, Appellant, v. PUREX CORPORATION, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 566
Pages: 48–49

Head Matter:
INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 189, Appellant, v. PUREX CORPORATION, Appellee.
No. 77-1402.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 15, 1977.
Decided Dec. 7, 1977.
John P. Fahey, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.
John K. Green, Omaha, Neb., for appel-lee.
Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.
ROY W. HARPER, United States Senior District Judge, Eastern District of Missouri, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This appeal presents a single, tightly-drawn issue: Is a party to a collective bargaining agreement bound by an arbitrator's interpretation of a clause in an identically-worded prior contract although that interpretation was dictum? We hold that the prior interpretation does not bind the parties, and affirm on the basis of the district court's opinion reported at 427 F.Supp. 338 (D.Neb.1977).