Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 30, 1988, 87-2053 (Stead Motors of Walnut Creek v. Automotive MacHinists Lodge No. 1173, International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers)

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the narrow but important issue of the kind of public policy that justifies a federal court in overturning an arbitrator’s award. In 1977 Gale Rocks went to work as a mechanic for Stead Motors, a Mercedez-Benz dealership in Walnut Creek, California.