Linden Board of Education v. Linden Education Ass'n

Justice WALLACE, JR.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The central issue in this case concerns the interpretation of an arbitration award. After the Linden Board of Education (Board) terminated an employee for an asserted infraction, the Linden Education Association (Association) filed a grievance on behalf of the employee. The parties agreed to submit to arbitration the questions whether “the [Bjoard of Education h[ad] just cause to terminate” the employee, “[a]nd if not, what shall be the remedy?” The arbitrator found that while there was just cause to discipline, *271just cause to “terminate…