Board of Education of Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District v. Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to stay arbitration, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated April 3, 1978, which granted the application. Judgment reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, application denied, and the parties are directed to proceed to arbitration. From 1970 until June 30, 1977, the petitioner and the appellant teachers’ union were parties to several collective bargaining agreements, each of which contained a provision governing sabbatical leaves and summer study grants (art 11). On June 23, 1977 a list of candidates…