Borough of New Cumberland v. Police Employees

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court, 63 Pa.Cmwlth. 441, 439 A.2d 849, reversing an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County which upheld an arbitration award entered by a three-member arbitration board pursuant to “Act 111,” Act of June 24, 1968, P.L. 237, § 1 et seq., 43 P.S. § 217.1 et seq. (Supp.1983). The Commonwealth Court construed Act 111 to require impartiality on the part of all three arbitrators, and thus invalidated the award on the ground that the arbitrator appointed by appellant, Police…