Arbitration Award May Not Reinstate Employment Twice: Fourth Circuit | Practical Law
In Fraternal Order of Police Metro Transit Police Labor Committee, Inc. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that an arbitration award reinstating employment a first time may not be enforced in federal court to reinstate employment a second time, where unrelated events led to the second termination and a contracted grievance process has not been exhausted.