Cape Elizabeth School Board v. Cape Elizabeth Teachers Ass'n

WATHEN, Justice.

This appeal is brought by the Cape Elizabeth School Board from a declaratory judgment determining a grievance arbitrable and requiring the Board to submit to binding arbitration its decision to dismiss Martin Burke, a teacher in the Cape Elizabeth School system. We find that this case is controlled by the Uniform Arbitration Act (hereinafter the Act), 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5927-5949 (1980), rather than the Declaratory Judgments Act, 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5951 — 5963 (1980). We therefore deny the appeal and remand with instructions to dismiss the action.

In February 1978 Martin Burke was…