Township of Falls v. Whitney

JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.

The Township of Falls (Township) appeals from the April 3, 1998 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) that vacated a stay of arbitration and directed that the grievance of Nelson Whitney, a Township police officer, proceed to arbitration on the merits of the grievance despite Whitney’s pending appeal of the Township’s disciplinary action pursuant to what is commonly referred to as the Police Tenure Act, Act of June 15, 1951, P.L. 586, as amended, 53 P.S. §§ 811-816. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court’s April 3, 1998 order.