E. Frank Cornelius, PhD, JD, Arbitrator & Consultant

Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080-2161
Norcross, GA 30092-1709
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About Us

E Education

Undergraduate—BS, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Graduate—PhD, Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Legal—JD, Law, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Arbitration Opinions & Citations

Some of Frank Cornelius’ arbitration opinions and summaries of them appear in the following arbitration reporters and databases, which are published or maintained by the companies indicated below. The following abbreviations are used:

ARB—Labor Arbitration Awards, Commerce Clearing House

EBC—Employee Benefits Cases, Bureau of National Affairs

FLRR—Federal Labor Relations Reporter, LRP Publications

LA—Labor Arbitration Reports, Bureau of National Affairs

LAIRS—Labor Arbitration Information Reporting System, LRP Publications

LAIS—Labor Arbitration Information System, LRP Publications

LRP—cyberFeds, LRP Publications

LRR—Labor Relations Reporter, Bureau of National Affairs

The opinions are listed in chronological order; citations to Frank Cornelius’ opinions are listed below the opinion:

1. Huron Forge Pension: Huron Forge & Machine Co - UAW Retirement Income Plan. In re: Disability Pension Application of Joseph R. Griffin. 105 LRP 55089. February 10, 1984.

2-4. Detroit Area Pension: Detroit Area Inds - UAW Retirement Income Plan. In re: Disability Pension Applications of Willie Jackson, Jeremiah Walker and Albert Barbee. 105 LRP 55091. May 4, 1984.

5. Greyhound Food: United Catering, Restaurant, Bar & Hotel Workers, Local 1064 and Greyhound Food Management, Inc. FMCS No. 85K-29664. Discharge. 105 LRP 55070. March 18, 1986.

6. Fraser Shipyards: Fraser Shipyards, Inc and IAM Nat'l Pension Fund. AAA No. 56-631-0001-85. Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability. 7 EBC 2562. November 28, 1986. Award confirmed and enforced sub nom IAM Nat'l Pension Fund v Fraser Shipyards, Inc, 9 EBC 2484 (D DC 1988). Citations: Fraser Shipyards has been cited in: (a) Handbook on ERISA Litigation (Aspen 3rd ed 2007) 8-57, n 248; 8-69, n 313 (b) 2 Labor and Employment Arbitration (Matthew Bender 2nd ed 1988, updated thru August 1996 Cum Supp) Sec 40.02[1][b] @ 40-18--19 & n 29, Sec 40.04[1][c](10) @ 40-52 & n 28 (c) Employee Benefits Litigation (ALI-ABA course materials, New Orleans, LA, February 1-3, 1996) 444 (d) Carnation Co, Inc and Central States Pension Fund, 9 EBC 1409, 1421 n 11 (Nagle Arb 1988) (e) Board of Trustees v Eberhard Foods, Inc, 831 F2d 1258, 1264 n 1; 8 EBC 2633, 2639 n 1; 1987 US App LEXIS 14012 (CA 6 1987).

7. VA Battle Creek: AFGE Local 1629 and VA Medical Center. FMCS No. 86K-29201. Suspension. 87 FLRR 2-1190; LAIRS 17778. February 20, 1987.

8. Oolite Industries: Oolite Inds, Inc and Central States Pension Fund. AAA No. 51-621-0021-85-V. Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability. 8 EBC 2009. June 23, 1987.

Citations: Oolite Industries has been cited in: (a) ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide (Aspen 3rd ed 2007) 11-15, n 75 (b) Employee Benefits Law (ABA/BNA 2nd ed 2000) 1248, n 71; 1279, n 258 (c) Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc and Sheet Metal Workers Nat'l Pension Fund, 22 EBC 1745, 1754 (Jaffe Arb 1998) (d) 2 Labor and Employment Arbitration (Matthew Bender 2nd ed 1988, updated thru August 1996 Cum Supp) Sec 40.02[1][b] @ 40-18--19 & n 29, Sec 40.04[12][b] @ 40-107 n 192, Sec 40.04[15][a] @ 40-113 & n 214 (e) Employee Benefits Litigation (ALI-ABA course materials, New Orleans, LA, February 1-3, 1996) 441 (f) Romano Bros Beverage Co, 21 EBC 1132, 1139 (Sands Arb 1996) (g) Sherwin-Williams Co and New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund, 17 EBC 2725, 2733 (Gertner Arb 1994).

9. Commercial Carriers: Commercial Carriers, Inc and IAM Nat'l Pension Fund. AAA No. 16-621-00018-86G. Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability. 9 EBC 1101. October 23, 1987. Citations: Commercial Carriers has been cited in: (a) ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide (Aspen 3rd ed 2007) 11-11, n 49; 11-38, n 190 (b) Employee Benefits Law (ABA/BNA 2nd ed 2000) 1257, n 118; 1259, ns 129 & 131; 1262, n 151 (c) 2 Labor and Employment Arbitration (Matthew Bender 2nd ed 1988, updated thru August 1996 Cum Supp) Sec 40.02[1][b] @ 40-18--19 & n 29, Sec 40.04[4][d] @ 40-80 & n 118 (d) Employee Benefits Litigation, (ALI-ABA course materials, New Orleans, LA, February 1-3, 1996) 436, 454 (e) Ann, What constitutes employer’s “withdrawal” from multiem- ployer pension plan, under §§ 4203 and 4205 of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 USC §§ 1383 and 1385), so as to result in liability to plan?, 101 ALR Fed 173, 197.

10. Peabody Galion: Local 1151 Int'l Assn of Machinists & Aerospace Workers and Peabody Galion Div of Peabody Int'l Corp. FMCS No. 88-03621. Work assignment. 105 LRP 55074. March 2, 1988.

11. Ludington News: Ludington News Co and Michigan UFCW/Drug Employers Pension Fund. AAA No. 54-621-0005-87. Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability. 9 EBC 1913. April 1, 1988. [EFC Comment: This was a case of first impression under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980. When the Federal Circuits split, the Supreme Court settled the issue in Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v Ferbar Corp, 522 US 192 (1997), precisely as first decided in Ludington News, which was cited in three of the briefs to the Supreme Court.] Citations: Ludington News has been cited in: (a) Employee Benefits Law (ABA/BNA 2nd ed 2000) 1321, n 528 (b) 2 Labor and Employment Arbitration (Matthew Bender 2nd ed 1988, updated thru August 1996 Cum Supp) Sec 40.02[1][a] @ 40-11 & n 7 (c) Board of Trustees of the Dist No. 15 Machinists' Pension Fund v Kahle Eng Corp, 43 F3d 852, 858, 869; 19 EBC 1079, 1084, 1096; 1994 US App LEXIS 36945 (CA 3 1994) (d) Fred Olson Co v Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union Pension Fund, 15 EBC 2404, 2414 (Jaffe Arb 1992) (e) Note: Multiemployer Pension elan Withdrawal Liability: Limitations Without Limits, 42 Case W Res L Rev 255, 263 n 40 (1992) (f) Joyce v Clyde Sandoz Masonry, 871 F2d 1119, 1124; 276 US App DC 379; 10 EBC 2185, 2190; 1989 US App LEXIS 4242 (CA DC 1989); cert den, 493 US 918, 11 EBC 1880, 1989 US LEXIS 4891 (g) Korman Corp and Teamsters Pension Fund of Philadelphia, 10 EBC 1608, 1612 (Pereles Arb 1988).

12. Pennwalt Corp: Local 7-591, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Int'l Union and Pennwalt Corp, Wyandotte, West Plant. FMCS No. 88-10581. Work assignment. 105 LRP 55076. May 16, 1988.

13. Vulcan Mold: Local 6354, United Steelworkers of America and Vulcan Mold & Iron Co. FMCS No. 87-27571. Discharge. 105 LRP 55072. Interim opinion and award, November 12, 1987. Supplemental opinion, January 2, 1988. Final award, June 21, 1988.

14. Bard Mfg: Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers Local Lodge No. 1349 and Bard Mfg Co. FMCS No. 88-08029. Discharge. 91LA 193; 15 LAIS 4277. July 7, 1988. Supplemental opinion, July 25, 1988.

Citations: Bard has been cited in: (a) N. Brand & M. Biren, Eds, Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration (ABA/BNA 2nd ed 2008) @ 42 n 73, 46 n 100, 53 n 158 (b) Elkouri & Elkouri, How Arbitration Works (ABA/BNA 6th ed 2003) @ 374 n 157, 941 n 79 (c) East Mfg Co v UBT Local 24, 00-2 ARB ¶ 3487 (Oberstein Arb 2000) @ 5941 (d) Bi-State Development Agency, 105 LA 319, 323 (Bailey Arb 1995) (e) Dept of Health, Government of the Virgin Islands v United Ind'l Service Trans Prof and Gov Workers of North America, 93-1 ARB ¶ 3203 (Watkins Arb 1992) @ 4077 n 2 (f) Virgin Islands Dept of Health, 97 LA 500, 502 n 5; 91-2 ARB ¶ 8543 (Watkins Arb 1991) @ 5668 n 5 (g) Alpha Beta Co, 91 LA 1225, 1227 (Wilmoth Arb 1988).

15. Jackson Innova: Int'l Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW & Its Local 62 and Jackson Innova Corp. FMCS No. 89-06881. Management rights. 105 LRP 55078. March 21, 1989.

16. Hoffman Management: Hoffman Management Corp and Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Ind Pension Fund. AAA No. 51-621-0010-88V. Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability. 11 EBC 1489. May 15, 1989. Motion for reconsideration den, May 24, 1989. Final award, 11 EBC 1505, June 12, 1989. Award enforced in part sub nom Trustees of the CTDU Pension Fund v Hoffman Management Corp, 12 EBC 1751 (ND Ill 1989). [EFC Comment: As part of the settlement of this case, the parties agreed to set aside the arbitrator’s opinions, so they would not have precedential value. This not uncommon when settling cases which have already gone to arbitration. This accounts for the court’s remark in citation (d) below. The opinions nevertheless are featured prominently in annotation (e) below and remain authoritative for their reasoning.] Citations: The Hoffman opinions have been cited in: (a) Employee Benefits Law (ABA/ BNA 2nd ed 2000) 1268, n 187; 1271, n 210 (b) 2 Labor and Employment Arbitration (Matthew Bender 2nd ed 1988, updated thru August 1996 Cum Supp) Sec 40.04[3][b] @ 40-6 & n 83, Sec 40.04[15] @ 40-113 & n 216 (c) OCAW Union-Industry Pension Fund and Rexall Drug Co, 12 EBC 1257, 1272 (Gordon Arb 1990) (d) Container Corp of America v Trustees of Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers and Warehouse Workers Union (Ind) Pension Fund, 1990 US Dist LEXIS 5062, n 3 (ND Ill 1990) (e) Ann, Availability of exemption under sec. 4204 of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (29 USCS sec. 1384), relieving seller of assets from liability for withdrawal from multiemployer pension plan, 120 ALR Fed 555, 570, 578.

17. Michigan Brewers: Beimers and Michigan State Brewers and Distributors Severance and Retirement Fund, AAA No. 54-621-0001-89. Pension benefits. Interim award, 11 EBC 2350, December 9, 1989. Final award, 12 EBC 1152, March 17, 1990. Award confirmed and enforced sub nom Michigan State Brewers and Distributors Severance and Retirement Plan and Trust v Beimers, 12 EBC 2667 (ED Mich 1990). Citations: The Michigan Brewers opinions have been cited in: (a) Employee Benefits Law (ABA/BNA 1991), 1996 Cum Supp @ 198-199, n 3; 202, n 19; 203-204, n 24.

18. Allor Mfg: United Steelworkers of America, Local 1900 and Allor Mfg Inc. FMCS No. 90-00034. Past practice. 105 LPR 55080. April 9, 1990.

19. Top Flight: Graphics Communications Int'l Union Local 394-S and Top Flight, Inc. FMCS No. 91-10780. Layoff. 105 LRP 55082. August 7, 1991.

20. K-Trans: Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1164 and Knoxville Transit Div of ATC Management Corp. FMCS No. 92-08849. Holiday pay, sick pay. 105 LRP 55093. July 21, 1992.

21. NASA: NASA and AFGE Local 3434. FMCS No. 93-21831. Union business. 105 LRP 55150. January 13, 1994.

22. Dravo Lime: USWA Local 81 and Dravo Lime Co. FMCS No. 95-01944. Discharge. 105 LAIS 55084. July 23, 1995.

23. Air Force: AFGE Local 987 and Robins AFB. FMCS No. 95-05639. Sick leave, 10-day suspension. 95 FLRR 2-1234. September 18, 1995. Exception den, 52 FLRA 1340, 97 FLRR 1-1042. April 22, 1997.

24. Jacksonville Sheriff: FOP Lodge 5-30 and City of Jacksonville. FMCS No. 96-18052-8. Off-duty work assignments. 107 LA 972, 24 LAIS 3328. October 15, 1996. Citation: Jacksonville Sheriff has been cited in: (a) County of Los Angeles, 108 LA 622, 627-628 (Richman Arb 1997).

25. Birmingham-Jefferson Transit: Amalgamated Transit Union Local #725 and Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Auth. FMCS No. 96-2113-8. Overtime. 105 LRP 55096. January 30, 1997.

26. US Tobacco: Retail, Wholesale & Dept Store Union Local 150 and US Tobacco Co. FMCS No. 97-07898-2. Job posting. 105 LRP 55086. November 11, 1997.

27. Marine Corps: AFGE Local 2317 and Marine Corp Logistics Base. FMCS No. 97-01564-8. Letter of reprimand. 110 LA 955, 98 FLRR 2-1125, LAIRS 22246. July 27, 1998. Exception den, 54 FLRA 1494, 98 FLRR 1-1206. November 18, 1998.

Citation: Marine Corps has been cited in: (a) Elkouri & Elkouri, How Arbitration Works (ABA/BNA 6th ed 2003) @ 516 n 106.

28. VA Biloxi: AFGE Local 1045 and Dept of Veterans Affairs. FMCS 99-10263. Pre-selection and prohibited personnel practice. 101 FLRR 2-1106. May 18, 2000.

29. Feralloy Corp: IBT Local 964 and Feralloy Corp. FMCS No. 00-13086. Discharge. 115 LA 346, 01-1 ARB ¶ 3711, 28 LAIS 1033. November 27, 2000. Citation: Feralloy Corp has been cited in (a) N. Brand & M. Biren, Eds, Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration (ABA/BNA 2nd ed 2008) @ 503 ns 257 & 258.

30. VA Dublin: AFGE Local 1985 and Dept of Veterans Affairs. FMCS No. 00-11934. Discharge of sexual harassment. 115 LA 198, 166 LRR 168, 02-1 ARB ¶ 3067, 101 FLRR 2-1107. December 29, 2000.

Citations: VA Dublin has been cited in: (a) Equistar Chemicals, 126 LA 1480, 09-2 ARB ¶ 4735 (Goldstein Arb 2009) (b) Amer Fed of Gov Employees, Local 507 and Dept of Veteran Affairs, West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, 106 LRP 1976 (Holland Arb 2005) (c) AFGE, Local 596 and Dept of Justice, 107 LRP 45972 (Sherman Arb 2004) (d) 174 LRR 354 (May 10, 2004) (e) Elkouri & Elkouri, How Arbitration Works (ABA/BNA 6th ed 2003) @ 1219 n 184, 1223 n 196.

31. Okonite Co: IBEW Local 2356 and Okonite Co. FMCS No. 00-12547. Call-in pay. 01-2 ARB ¶ 3830, 28 LAIS 3805. February 20, 2001.

32. Blue Ridge Paper: PACE Local 507 and Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. FMCS No. 00-15932. Weigher stenciler job. 105 LRP 50246. March 10, 2001. Citation: Blue Ridge Paper has been cited in: (a) Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc and USWA, Local 507, 08-1 ARB ¶ 4104, 108 LRP 6111 (Nolan Arb 2007).

33. Mead Corp: PACE Local 731 and Mead Corp. FMCS No. 00-02983. Discharge. 105 LRP 50252. March 15, 2001.

34. Mohon International: SCIW/UJA Local 2394 and Mohon Int'l, Inc. FMCS No. 01-00891. Technological changes/wage rates. 01-2 ARB ¶ 3920, 29 LAIS 3242. August 28, 2001.

35. Army Signal Center: AFGE Local 2017 and US Army Signal Center. FMCS No. 01-15224. Safety and health. 02-1 ARB ¶ 3068, 102 FLRR 2-1042. January 18, 2002. Set aside, 58 FLRA 511, 103 FLRR-1 140, 103 LRP 18718. May 2, 2003.

36. Ft. Wayne: IBEW Local 723 and City of Ft. Wayne. FMCS 99-09543. Discipline. 105 LAIS 50248. March 8, 2002.

37. Kent County: UAW Local 2600 and Kent County. FMCS No. 01-12561. Improper layoff. 105 LRP 50250. March 29, 2002.

38. Army Airborne: AFGE Local 1770 and US Army Headquarters, XVIII Airborne. FMCS No. 02-01186. Suspension. 103 FLRR-2 33, 102 LRP 34100. March 28, 2002. Exceptions den, 58 FLRA 156, 103 FLRR-1 14, 102 LRP 31624. October 24, 2002.

39. Nuclear Regulatory: NTEU Chapter 208 and US Nuclear Regulatory Comm. FMCS No. 020604-10852-3. 10-day suspension. 103 FLRR-2 59, 103 LRP 790. January 7, 2003.

40. Army Aviation: AFGE Local 1858 and US Army Aviation and Missile Command. FMCS No. 00-13956. Promotion. 03-1 ARB ¶ 3410, 103 FLRR-2 93, 103 LRP 8084. March 4, 2003.

41. Johnson Controls: IBT Local 391 and Johnson Controls. FMCS No. 02-15935. Discharge-fraud. 03-1 ARB ¶ 3467, 31 LAIS 292. May 2, 2003.

42. Cargill Salt: UFCW Local 867 and Cargill Salt Co. FMCS No. 01-16375. Layoffs out of seniority order. 03-2 ARB ¶ 3560, 31 LAIS 467. August 28, 2003. Citation: Cargill Salt has been cited in: (a) Equistar Chemicals, LP and PACE Int'l Union Local 4-243, 05-1 ARB ¶ 3017 (Jennings Arb 2004) @ 3120.

43. Energy Dept: OPEIU Local 2001 and US Dept of Energy. FMCS No. 03-03795. Non-selection and prohibited personnel practices. 104 FLRR-2 19, 103 LRP 48817. October 10, 2003.

44. Degussa Corp: IBT Local No. 661 and Degussa Corp. FMCS No. 03-52070. Overtime calculation. 05-1 ARB ¶ 3062, 32 LAIS 66. April 12, 2004.

45. UAW Local 1853: OPEIU Local 2001 and UAW Local 1853. FMCS No. 04-52610. Double time for Sunday work. 04-1 ARB ¶ 3821, 32 LAIS 306, 104 LRP 42690. May 4, 2004.

46. Methodist Home: SEIU Local 79 and Blvd Temple Methodist Home. FMCS No. 04-03067. Discharge. 32 LAIS 270, 104 LRP 43343; 105 FLRR-2 3, 104 LRP 29256. May 24, 2004.

47. Shiawassee Sheriff: Teamsters, Local 214 and Shiawassee County Sheriff. FMCS No. 04-56250. Funeral leave. 05-1 ARB ¶ 3096, 33 LAIS 8. February 16, 2005.

48. FDIC: NTEU Chapter 276 and FDIC. FMCS No. 04-07090. Performance award. Interim award, July 22, 2005. 05-2 ARB ¶ 3247, 106 FLRR-2 22, 105 LRP 48317. Final award, October 10, 2005. Citations: FDIC has been cited in (a) FDIC and NTEU, 107 LRP 46836 (Dorsey Arb 2006) (b) NTEU, Chapter 276 and FDIC, 108 LRP 46603 (Holley Arb 2008).

49. Heinz: RWDSU Local 705 and Heinz, NA. FMCS No. 05-02821. Unreported absence. 05-2 ARB ¶ 3305, 33 LAIS 305, 105 LRP 45356. September 7, 2005.

50. Baldwin Board of Education: Alabama Education Ass'n and Baldwin County Bd of Ed. FMCS 06-00653. Discharge. 06-1 ARB ¶ 3485, 34 LAIS 275, 106 LRP 61431. March 17, 2006.

51. Social Security: AFGE Local 3509 and Social Security Adm. Case No. AT 2005 E 0001. 14-day suspension. 06-2 ARB ¶ 3576, 106 LRP 31150. May 5, 2006. Citation: Social Security has been cited in (a) SSA and AFGE, Local 2505, 107 LRP 2297 (Bankston Arb 2007).

52. Tower Automotive: PACE Local 6-0628 and Tower Automotive. Gr. No. 111. Sick and accident benefit. 06-2 ARB ¶ 3546, 34 LAIS 90. May 15, 2006.

53. Lenawee Sheriff: POLC and Lenawee County. FMCS 06-53653. Demotion-layoff. 06-2 ARB ¶ 3668, 34 LAIS 317, 106 LRP 64488. September 12, 2006.

54. Welch Foods: United Food Workers Local 825 and Welch Foods, Inc. FMCS No. 06-58212. Termination. 07-1 ARB ¶ 3786. December 23, 2006. Supplemental opinion re last chance agreement, 07-2 ARB ¶ 4042, 109 LRP 33926. May 19, 2007.

55. Leelanau Sheriff: POAM and Leelanau County. Termination. FMCS No. 06-55815. 07-2 ARB ¶ 3926, 108 LRP 62358. February 23, 2007. Supplemental opinion re fitness for duty exam, 07-2 ARB ¶ 3927, 108 LRP 62361. June 11, 2007.

56. Muskegon Transit: Teamsters State, County and Municipal Workers, Local 214 and Muskegon Area Transit Sys. FMCS No. 07-60214. Termination. 08-1 ARB ¶ 4196. February 29, 2008. Citation: Muskegon Transit has been cited in (a) Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Ohio Ass'n of Public School Employees, AFSCME, Local 4, Local 300, 109 LRP 65937 (Sellman Arb 2009).

57. Bishop State: Phalo and Bishop State Community College. FMCS No. 08-00952. Termination. Motion To Reinstate Pay, 08-2 ARB ¶ 4257, 108 LRP 26608, March 31, 2008. Motion To Reconsider, 108 LRP 26610, May 1, 2008. Motion for Stay, 08-2 ARB ¶ 4258, May 30, 2008.

58. VA St. Louis: AFGE Local 96 and Dept of Veterans Affairs. FMCS No. 08-02075. Suspension. 09-1 ARB ¶ 4497, 109 FLRR-2 40. January 21, 2009. Exceptions den, 63 FLRA No. 104, May 15, 2009.

59. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 747 IAFF and City of St. Petersburg. FMCS No. 09-51731. Contract interpretation. 09-1 ARB ¶ 4525, 109 LRP 15362. March 9, 2009.

60. VA Cleveland: AFGE Local 31 and Dept of Veterans Affairs. FMCS No. 09-02426. Establishment of a CWS 7-day-on, 7-day-off tour of duty. 10-1 ARB ¶ 4795, 109 LRP 76189. November 24, 2009.

61. Int'l Paper: Pace Local 1161 and Int'l Paper Co. FMCS No. 09-01065. Vacation eligibility for new hires. 127 LA 564, 10-1 ARB ¶ 4885, 110 LRP 13423. February 19, 2010.

Arbitration Articles

The Authority of a Michigan Sheriff To Deny Law Enforcement Powers to a Deputy, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, Volume 25, Number 3, 2008, pages 433-462, http://www.scribd.com/doc/16719170/The-Authority-of-a-Michigan-Sheriff-to-Deny-Law-Enforcement-Powers-to-a-Deputy

A follow-up article, POAM v. Leelanau County Sheriff--An Opportunity Missed, is posted at

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29653845/POAM-v-Leelanau-County-Sheriff-An-Opportunity-Missed

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14952250/The-Notice-Provisions-of-the-Alabama-Fair-Dismissal-and-Teacher-Tenure-Acts

Employee Benefits Publications & Speaking

PBGC Rebutted on Arrears, 42 Labor Law Journal 311 (May 1991). A Simple Interest Problem-An Update, 16 The Pension Actuary No. 2 (February 1991). A Simple Interest Problem, 14 The Pension Actuary No. 8 (Special Insert, August 1989).

Spoke on Withdrawal from Multiemployer Plans: Can You Get Out? Should You Get Out? at Eleventh Annual Labor Law Seminar presented by Institute of Continuing Legal Education, April 1986. Spoke on Pension Issues in Collective Bargaining at Ninth Annual Labor Law Seminar presented by ICLE, April 1984; address appeared in 10 MI Tax L J 13 (October-December 1984).

Trade Secrets Publications, Citations, Teaching & Speaking

Supreme Court, Legislature Say “Yes” to Michigan’s Trade Secrets, “Michigan’s Law of Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete after Hayes-Albion and Repeal of the Non-Compete Statute”. First such analysis ever written on Michigan law. Distributed at Eleventh Annual Intellectual Property Law Workshop, August 1-3, 1985, sponsored by Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and distributed through the Institute of Continuing Legal Education at the University of Michigan Law School. Revised edition appeared in 64 U Det L Rev 1-127 (1986).

Michigan’s Law of Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete: Chapter Two, 66 U Det L Rev 33-47 (1988).

These law review articles are cited in Trade Secrets, A State-by-State Survey (ABA/BNA 3rd ed 2006) 1940, 1950, 1964, 1966; Chem-Trend, Inc v McCarthy, 780 F Supp 458, 461 (ED Mich); Ohio and Michigan Law on Postemployment Covenants Not to Compete, 55 Ohio St L J 215 (1994), 227 fn 63, 231 fns 75, 80, 81, 232 fn 89; Covenants Not to Compete, A State-by-State Survey (ABA/BNA 2nd ed 1996) 595, 601.

Taught trade secrets and confidential information course through Intellectual Property Law Institute, sponsored by University of Windsor, University of Detroit and WayneStateUniversity, Fall 1988 & Winter 1990. Spoke on The Disparate Treatment of Technical and Business Information under Michigan Trade Secrets Law, at Annual Seminar of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, March 1990.

Mathematics Publications,

Citations, Speaking & Teaching

1. Note on quasi-decompositions of irreducible groups, Proc Amer Math Soc, 26, no. 1 (1970), 33-36. Citations: (a) Fuchs, L., Abelian Groups, vol. II (Academic Press 1973) @ 329 (b) Benabdallah, K., Groupes Abeliens Sans-Torsion (Univ of Montreal Press 1981) @ 67 & 68.

2. A generalization of separable groups, Pacific J Math, 39, no. 3 (1970), 603-613. Citations: (a) Benabdallah, K., Groupes Abeliens Sans-Torsion (Univ of Montreal Press 1981) @ 67 & 68 (b) Mishina, A. P., “Abelian groups”, J Math Sci (New York) 18, no. 5 (1982), 629—668, @ 635, 637, 659.

3. Characterization of a class of torsion free groups in terms of endomorphisms, Pacific J Math, 70 no. 2 (1978), 314-355. Citations: (a) Benabdallah, K., Groupes Abeliens Sans-Torsion (Univ. of Montreal Press 1981) @ 55, 65, 67 & 68 (b) Markov, T.; Mikhalev, V.; Skornyakov, L. A.; Tuganbaev, A. A., “Endomorphism rings of modules and lattices of submodules”, J Math Sci (NY) 31, no. 3 (1985), 3005—3051 @ 3008 & 3037 (c) Krylov, P. A.; Mikhalev, A. V.; Tuganbaev, A. A., “Properties of endomorphism rings of abelian groups, I”, J Math Sci (NY) 112, no. 6 (2002), 4598—4735, @ 4721 (d) Krylov, P. A.; Mikhalev, A. V.; Tuganbaev, A. A., “Properties of endomorphism rings of abelian groups, II”, J Math Sci. (NY) 113, no. 1 (2003), 1—174, @ 159 (e) Krylov, P. A.; Mikhalev, A. V.; Tuganbaev, A. A., Endomorphism Rings of Abelian Groups (Kluwer Academic Publications 2003) @ 418.

4. A sufficient condition for separability, J Algebra, 67, no. 2 (1980), 476-478. Citations: (a) Fuchs, L.; Viljoen, G., “A generalization of separable torsion-free abelian groups”, Rend Sem Mat Univ Padova, 73 (1985), 15-21, @ 15 & 21 (b) Rangaswamy, K. M., “On C-separable Abelian groups”, Commun Algebra, 13, no. 6 (1985), 1219-1227, @ 1219, 1220, 1223 & 1226 (c) Grinshpon, S. Ya.; Krylov, P. A., “Fully invariant subgroups, full transitivity, and homomorphism groups of abelian groups”, J Math Sci (NY) 128, no. 3 (2005), 2894—2997, @ 2960 & 2995.

5. Cardinalities of chains of sets, Abstracts Amer Math Soc, 2 (1981), 486.

6. Polynomial points (with P. Schultz), J Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), Article 07.3.6
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/VOL10/

Schultz/schultz14.pdf. Citation: (a) N. J. A. Sloane, The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, sequence A000178/ M2049.

7. Product bases and endomorphisms of products of integers, http://www.scribd.com/doc/21299110/Product-Bases-and-Endomorphisms-of-Products-of-Integers.

8. Sequences generated by polynomials (with P. Schultz), Amer Math Monthly, 115, no. 2 (2008), 154-158. Citations: (a) N. J. A. Sloane, The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, sequences A135185, A135256, A135049.

9. Multinomial points (with P. Schultz), Houston J Math, 34, no. 3 (2008), 661-676.

10. Root bases of polynomials over integral domains (with P. Schultz), in Models, Modules and Abelian Groups, R. Gobel & B. Goldsmith Eds. (Walter de Gruyter Berlin 2008), 237-250.

11. Identities for complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials, http://www.scribd.com/doc/16010484/Identities-for-Complete-Homogeneous-Symmetric-Polynomials.

12. Endomorphisms and product bases of the Baer-Specker group, Int'l J Math and Math Sciences,
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmms/2009/

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Endomorphisms-and-Product-Bases-of-the-Baer-Specker-Group

Lectured on research results before the Seminaire de Mathematiques Superieures at the University of Montreal (1979), before the 789th Meeting of the American Mathematical Society at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (1981), before the 1st Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the New Zealand Mathematical Society (2007), and at numerous departmental colloquia.
Adjunct professor of mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy. Previously taught mathematics and computer programming at University of Washington and Wayne State University.