Suncor Inc. v. McMurray Independent Oil Workers Local No. 1, (1982) 42 A.R. 166 (CA)

• Judge: Haddad, Kerans and Belzil, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (Alberta)
• Case Date: November 04, 1982
• Citations: (1982), 42 A.R. 166 (CA);1982 ABCA 343;142 DLR (3d) 305;[1983] 1 WWR 604;23 Alta LR (2d) 105;42 AR 166

Suncor v. McMurray Indep. Oil Workers (1982), 42 A.R. 166 (CA)

MLB headnote and full text

Suncor Inc. v. McMurray Independent Oil Workers Local #1

(Appeal No. 14718)

Indexed As: Suncor Inc. v. McMurray Independent Oil Workers Local No. 1

Alberta Court of Appeal

Haddad, Kerans and Belzil, JJ.A.

November 4, 1982.

Summary:

A worker filed a grievance respecting his entitlement to overtime work. The grievance was referred to an arbitration board. The arbitration board dismissed the grievance. The grievor's union applied to the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench to set aside the board's decision. The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench allowed the application. The decision of the court is not reported in this series of reports. The employer appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal.

The Alberta Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, set aside the decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench and restored the decision of the board of arbitration.

Arbitration - Topic 8308

Judicial review - Grounds, general principles - Consensual versus compulsory arbitrations - The Alberta Court of Appeal stated that the "patent unreasonableness" test is the standard of review whether an arbitration is classified as consensual or compulsory (see paragraph 25).

Arbitration - Topic 8403

Judicial review - Grounds, misconduct - Patently unreasonable test - The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench set aside the decision of a consensual arbitrator (interpreting a collective agreement) because the record disclosed an error in law - The Alberta Court of Appeal restored the decision of the arbitrator because the Court of Queen's Bench should have applied the "patently unreasonable" test and not the "error of law" test (see paragraphs 26 to 28).

Cases Noticed:

Re Minister of Education et al. and Civil Service Association of Alberta et al. (1976), 2 A.R. 43; 70 D.L.R.(3d) 696, ref'd to. [para. 4].

Howe Sound Co. v. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Canada), Local 663 (1962), 33 D.L.R.(2d) 1, ref'd to. [para. 5].

Re Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers' International Union, Local 9-14 and Polymer Corporation Ltd. (1966), 55 D.L.R.(2d) 198, ref'd to. [para. 6].

Athabaska Realty Company Limited v. Merenick, [1982] Alta. D. 1293-01; 36 A.R. 507, ref'd to. [para. 6].

R.O.M. Construction Ltd. v. Electric Power Equipment Ltd., [1981] 4 W.W.R. 97; 30 A.R. 600, ref'd to. [para. 7].

Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 963 v. New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, 26 N.R. 341, [1979] 2 S.C.R. 227, ref'd to. [para. 11].

Board of Governors of Olds College v. Public Service Employees Relation Board for Alberta et al. (1982), 42 N.R. 559 (overruled (1980), 23 A.R. 461; 13 Alta. L.R.(2d) 320), ref'd to. [para. 13].

Shalansky v. Board of Governors of the Regina Pasqua Hospital, [1982] Sask. D. 2112-04; 15 Sask.R. 253, ref'd to. [para. 18].

Yellow Cab v. Board of Industrial Relations et al. (1980), 18 A.R. 91; 11 Alta. L.R.(2d) 97 (overruled (1980), 33 N.R. 585; 24 A.R. 275; 14 Alta. L.R.(2d) 39), overruled [para. 20].

B.I.R. et al. v. Stedelbauer Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd. (1978), 1 D.L.R.(3d) 81, dist. [para. 20].

Volvo Canada Ltd. v. International Union of United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Local 720 (1979), 27 N.R. 502; 99 D.L.R.(3d) 193, ref'd to. [para. 21].

Teamsters Union Local 938 et al. v. Massicotte (1982), 44 N.R. 340, ref'd to. [para. 27].

Statutes Noticed:

Labour Relations Act, R.S.A. 1980 Supp., c. L-1.1, sect. 129 [para. 9].

Counsel:

B.M. Thompson, for the appellant;

S. Greckol, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard by HADDAD, KERANS and BELZIL, JJ.A., of the Alberta Court of Appeal.

The judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered by KERANS, J.A., at Edmonton, Alberta, on November 4, 1982.