City of Cranston v. International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 301

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG, for the court.

This case came before the Supreme Court on April 29, 2015, on appeal by International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 801 (union), from a Superior Court order granting the City of Cran-ston’s (city) motion to vacate an arbitration award in the union’s favor. The union asserts that the Superior Court justice erred in vacating the award and that the judgment should be vacated and the arbitration award confirmed. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

Facts and Travel

The material facts in this casé are not in dispute.…