Legal Opinion
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE/METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT LABOR COMMITTEE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 28, 2016No. 14-CV-1479PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Senior Judge:
The Fraternal Order of Police/Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee (the FOP) appeals from the Superior Court’s dismissal of its suit asking for reversal of an impasse arbitration award made under D.C.Code § 1-617.17(f)(3) (2012 Repl.). Key to the issue we decide is that, in order to “take effect,” D.C.Code § 1 — 617.17(j), the arbitration award had to be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia for Its “acceptance] or rejection].” Id. The Council approved the award by resolution in May of 2014, and the FOP brought this action challenging the…
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