Preeminent Protective Servs., Inc. v. Serv. Emps. Int'l Union

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge

Preeminent Protective Services, Inc. provides physical security services at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a public psychiatric facility in the District of Columbia. Preeminent complained in the District of Columbia Superior Court that an arbitration award, after grievance arbitration, exceeded the arbitrator's powers and must be vacated. The Union removed the case to federal court and defends the award. Such an apparently traditional dispute presents a host of uncertain legal puzzles: whether Preeminent timely filed its complaint; whether the D.C.…