City of Saginaw v. Saginaw Firefighters Ass'n, Local 422

Defendant Ronald C. Marcy, a firefighter for the City of Saginaw, was discharged in August, 1981, for allegedly violating a Saginaw ordinance requiring city employees to maintain a "permanent and bona fide residence” within the corporate limits of the city. Marcy commenced a grievance proceeding pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement between defendant union and the city and the matter was submitted to arbitration. The arbitrator determined that the dispute was a proper subject for arbitration and, after considering the evidence and testimony presented at the February 9, 1982,…