State of Maine v. Maine State Employees Association, SEIU Local 1989

[¶26] I respectfully dissent because a rational inference from the relevant language of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the emails in question supports the arbitrator’s decision.

[¶27] It is well settled that in Maine, the Court’s review of an arbitration award is a *1245narrow one, and that we will uphold an award if “any rational construction of the [a]greement could support [it],” City of Lewiston v. Lewiston Firefighters Ass’n, IAF, Local No. 785, 629 A.2d 50, 52 (Me.1993) (citations omitted) (emphasis added). Further, in determining if an arbitrator exceeded her authority in…