6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Arch Of Illinois v. District 12, United Mine Workers Of America.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arch Of Illinois v. District 12, United Mine Workers Of America Anchor | green | “it is only when the arbitrator must have based his award on some body of thought, or feeling, or policy, or law that is outside the contract ... that the award can be said not to 'draw its essence from the cba.” | 4 |
| 2 | Arch Of Illinois v. District 12, United Mine Workers Of America | green | “set aside an arbitration award if 'there is no possible interpretive route to the award so that a noncontractual basis can be inferred,” | 4 |
| 3 | Butler Manufacturing Company v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Local 2629, United Steelworkers of America | green | “allowed the arbitrator to consider external law, and the parties framed the arbitration proceedings to force consideration of that law.” | 4 |
| 4 | Butler Manufacturing Company v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Local 2629, United Steelworkers of America | green | “lay well within the arbitrator's authority despite the fact that the arbitrator's opinion did not spell this out.” | 4 |
| 5 | Roadmaster Corporation v. Production and Maintenance Employees' Local 504, Laborers' International Union of North America, Afl-Cio | green | “should restrict his consideration to the contract, even if such a decision conflicts with ... statutory 10 no. 181591 law.” | 3 |
| 6 | Sullivan v. Lemoncello | green | “using whatever materials are available, the court must enforce the arbitral award 'so long as the arbitrator's interpretation can in some rational manner be derived from the agreement, viewed in the light of its language, its context, and other indicia of the parties' intention.” | 3 |
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