Opinion ID: 2996620
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Text: We begin by noting the deferential standard of review that we apply to the review of an arbitrator’s award. Although we review the district court’s decision to grant Local 150’s summary judgment motion de novo, Am. Postal Workers Union, Milwaukee Local v. Runyon, 185 F.3d 832, 835 (7th Cir. 1999), a court’s examination of an arbitration award itself is extremely limited. N. Ind. Pub. Serv. Co. v. United Steelworkers of Am., 243 F.3d 345, 346-47 (7th Cir. 2001). The examination of an arbitral award centers on whether the award “draws its essence” from the CBA. Id. at 347. “Indeed our review is ‘close to nonexistent’ if the arbitrator ‘interprets’ rather than ‘revises’ the collective bargaining agreement.” Ladish Co., Inc. v. Int’l Ass’n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Dist. No. 10, 966 F.2d 250, 252 (7th Cir. 1992) (citations omitted). If an arbitrator is even arguably acting within the scope of his authority in interpreting the CBA, his decision will be enforced. This applies even if the “court is convinced he committed [a] serious error” of fact or law in reaching his decision. Major League Baseball Players Ass’n v. Garvey, 532 U.S. 504, 509