Dist. Ct. erred in affirming arbitrator’s award in favor of defendant-Soccer players' union in underlying dispute over whether collective bargaining agreement (CBA) required union approval of plaintiff’s proposed tequila poster advertisement that contained images of individual soccer players. Arbitrator erred in finding existence of ambiguity in CBA with respect to appropriate treatment regarding “non-Spot” advertisements, since CBA did contain union approval language for “Spot” advertisements, while it did not contain said language for instant proposed non-Spot advertisement. Accordingly, arbitrator exceeded powers delegated to him by adding language into non-Spot advertisement clause and ignoring existing language in said clause that required plaintiff only to request, but not require sponsor donation into player pool for sponsor’s use of said advertisement.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Arbitration