City of Boston v. Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n

This case presents one of those “rare instances” in which an arbitrator’s award must be vacated as contrary to “an explicit, well-defined, and dominant public policy.” Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers, *814Dist. 17, 531 U.S. 57, 62, 63 (2000). See Lynn v. Thompson, 435 Mass. 54 (2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1131 (2002). The arbitrator, chosen by mutual agreement of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (association) and the city of Boston (city) pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, required the city to rescind its termination of John DiSciullo, a police…