New Jersey Transit Bus Operations, Inc. v. Amalgamated Transit Union

A deferential standard of review applies to an arbitrator’s interpretation of a contract. So long as the arbitrator’s interpretation of the contractual language is “reasonably debatable,” a reviewing court is duty-bound to enforce it. Kearny PBA Local # 21 v. Town of Kearny, 81 N.J. 208, 221, 405 A.2d 393 (1979). The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Appellate Division adhered to that standard when it vacated two arbitration awards that favored Amalgamated Transit Union, New Jersey State Council (Union). We granted the Union’s petition for certification from the unpublished per curiam…