Legal Opinion
City of Leominster v. International Brotherhood of Police Officers
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 31, 1992No. 91-P-19PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
The question to be decided is whether an arbitrator exceeded his powers in ruling that the discharge, after proper notice, of a civil service police officer serving the required probationary period of twelve months 2 was an arbi-trable issue, and that the city of Leominster was required to show “just cause” for its action. The “just cause” discharge standard, upon which the defendants rely, appeared in the collective bargaining agreement (the agreement) between the city and the defendant International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 338 (the union). However, the civil service statute…
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