INTERN. BROTH. TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 519 v. U.P.S.

No. 01-6528.

335 F.3d 497 (2003)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 519, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Oldham, (argued and briefed), Baker, Gulley & Oldham, P.A., Knoxville, TN, for Appellant.

Larry W. Bridgesmith, (argued and briefed), Mark W. Peters (argued), Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, TN, for Appellee.

Before: MOORE and CLAY, Circuit Judges; LAWSON, District Judge.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 519 ("Local 519"), brought a grievance against United Parcel Service, Inc. ("UPS"), alleging that UPS unjustly discharged Thomas Loftis ("Loftis"). The arbitrator issued an award in favor of UPS, finding that because Loftis verbally threatened another employee in violation of UPS's zero-tolerance policy, UPS had just cause to terminate Loftis's employment without...

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