Opinion ID: 470311
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Heading: remand to arbitrator to determine remedy

Text: 25 The arbitrator, after finding the company liable, did not issue a monetary award, but rather ordered a further hearing on damages. In the meantime, the district court heard this enforcement proceeding. The district court then remanded to the arbitrator to determine an appropriate award. In so doing, the district court noted that the 1981-84 collective bargaining agreement contained substantially different terms from the 78-81 agreement under which the present grievance was filed. The court directed the arbitrator to determine whether the terms of the new agreement might act as a cut-off of the union's remedy. The company asserts that the district court erred in asking the arbitrator to make this determination. The company urges that the new agreement is a totally integrated document, and thus any grievance filed under the old contract would have no applicability under the new. 26 The arbitrator must devise a remedy in this case. In so doing, the arbitrator must be given broad discretion. Enterprise Wheel, 363 U.S. at 597, 80 S.Ct. at 1361, 4 L.Ed.2d at 1428. The district court merely pointed out to the arbitrator that there is a later agreement and also that it has different terms. These are facts that the arbitrator may properly consider in fashioning his remedy. See Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers v. Rohm, 677 F.2d 492, 495 (5th Cir.1982) (remand to arbitrator appropriate when issues submitted were not fully resolved). Of course, the company will be able to attack the remedy later if it is not based upon the essence of applicable bargaining agreements. We affirm the district court's upholding of the arbitration award and the remand to the arbitrator to construct an appropriate remedy to enforce it. 27 AFFIRMED.