Lewiston Firefighters Ass'n, Local 785 v. City of Lewiston

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

This case involves appeals from two related actions decided in the Superior Court in Androscoggin County. The first, brought by the Lewistown Firefighters Association, Local 785 of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO (hereinafter the Firefighters Union) against the City of Lewiston, sought damages, injunctive relief and a declaration of rights and duties arising from the City’s alleged violation of a parity pay provision in the Lewiston City Charter and in several of the collective bargaining agreements entered into by the parties since 1966.

The second…