Legal Opinion
In Re the Arbitration Between Board of Education of Watertown City School District & Watertown Education Ass'n
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1999PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
The questions of law common to the two appeals before us involve public sector arbitration under the Taylor Law. In each appeal the ultimate question is whether the claimed grievance is arbitrable, but the cases raise broader concerns that involve presumptions relating to arbitrability in the public sector, the respective roles of courts and arbitrators, and an examination of this Court’s decision in Matter of Acting Supt. of Schools of Liverpool Cent. School Dist. (United Liverpool Faculty Assn.) (42 NY2d 509).
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