Legal Opinion
In Re the Arbitration Between Professional, Clerical, Technical Employees Ass'n & Buffalo Board of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 8, 1997PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
The issue presented in these two appeals is whether an arbitrator’s award requiring respondent Buffalo Board of Education to promote the highest-scoring bargaining unit member on a civil service eligible list as required by the terms of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement is void as violative of public policy in that it restricts the statutory discretion vested in the appointing authority under Civil Service Law § 61 to select one of the three highest-ranked candidates on an eligible list. We conclude that no strong public policy prohibits an appointing…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Albano v. KirbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Cohoes City School District v. Cohoes Teachers Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- In Re the Arbitration Between Susquehanna Valley Central School District & Susquehanna Valley Teachers' Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Associated Teachers of Huntington, Inc. v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Port Washington Union Free School District v. Port Washington Teachers Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by38 opinions
- United Federation of Teachers, Local 2 v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- In Re the Arbitration Between Board of Education of Watertown City School District & Watertown Education Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- County of Chautauqua v. Civil Service Employees Ass'n, Local 1000New York Court of Appeals · 2007
- City of New York v. Uniformed Fire Officers Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- City of Long Beach v. Civil Service Employees Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
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