International Brotherhood Local 639 v. Airgas, Inc.

Airgas appealed the district court's preliminary injunction prohibiting the contemplated transfer of one of its facilities to another nonunionized facility pending arbitration, to ensure that the status quo ante could be restored were the Union to prevail on the merits of the contract dispute. While Airgas's appeal was pending, the arbitrator issued a final decision in favor of the Union, the arbitration concluded, and the preliminary injunction expired by its own terms. The Fourth Circuit dismissed the appeal as moot because Airgas no longer had a legally cognizable interest in the validity of the preliminary injunction. View "International Brotherhood Local 639 v. Airgas, Inc." on Justia Law