Legal Opinion
Clark County Public Utility District No. 1 v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 125
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 2003No. 72718-0PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
In this, our second review of the labor arbitration award in question,1 we are asked to clarify the standard of review for arbitration awards and apply it to the award here. We conclude that our review is extremely limited. We do not reach the merits of an arbitrator’s legal conclusions; we evaluate only whether the arbitrator acted outside of the authority given to her by the parties. We reverse the Court of Appeals and conclude that the trial court should not have invalidated the arbitrator’s award.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In March 1996, Clark County Public Utilities District (the…
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