City of Philadelphia v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 5

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Eugene Boris appeals to this Court the order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas compelling him to appear before Arbitrator Eli Rock to give testimony in the matter of the discharge of certain police officers upon penalty of being found in contempt in the event he failed to appear.

When nine former police officers grieved their individual discharges, the City of Philadelphia and the Fraternal Order of Police commenced arbitration pursuant to the grievance procedure established by the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. One police officer had…