Smithfield Education Ass'n v. Smithfield School Committee

The defendant school committee appeared before us on May 4, 1978, in response to our order to show cause why its appeal from the Superior Court’s confirmation of an arbitration award should not be summarily dismissed because the issues on appeal are clearly controlled by established Rhode Island law. We issued our order after a study of the record in this case and the defendant’s brief.

In confirming the award, the trial justice relied on our holding in Belanger v. Matteson, 115 R.I. 332, 356, 346 A.2d 124, 138 (1975), which we reiterated in City of Cranston v. Hall, 118 R.I. 20, 29, 371 A.2d…