State v. PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES ASS'N

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An Alaska state trooper was terminated partly for dishonesty. The Public Safety Employees Association (PSEA) filed a grievance on behalf of the discharged trooper and then invoked arbitration. The arbitrator reinstated the trooper, ruling that the State did not have "just cause" to terminate the trooper. The superior court upheld the arbitrator's decision. The State now appeals, arguing that the arbitrator committed gross error, and that the arbitrator's reinstatement of the trooper is unenforceable as a violation of public policy. We take this…