In re the Arbitration between Staklinski & Pyramid Electric Co.

Btjbke, J. (dissenting).

An arbitrators’ award of specific performance of a contract for personal services directing the issuance of a mandatory injunction against a foreign employer in behalf of a nonresident employee who has been wrongfully discharged is without precedent and violates settled principles of equity. In such a situation, the courts of this State are not bound to uphold an arbitration award that offends established principles of law and public policy.

"While a public corporation may be liable in damages for a breach of a long-term contract of employment (Douglass v. Merchants’…