Legal Opinion

State v. State Police Officers Council

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 21, 1994No. 93-1471PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the arbi-trability of a public employee organization’s grievance. The employee organization also seeks to recover its attorney fees. In a declaratory judgment action, the district court ordered the State to proceed to arbitration, but refused to award attorney fees. We affirm.

I. Background.

The State Police Officers Council (SPOC) is an employee organization acting as the exclusive bargaining representative for, among others, state troopers and special agents employed by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Iowa. See Iowa Code §…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Lara v. ThomasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  4. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. MilneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
  5. William v. Ficek v. Southern Pacific Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. DMS Properties-First, Inc. v. P.W. Scott Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 2000
  2. Postville Community School District v. BillmeyerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  3. Lewis Central Education Ass'n v. Lewis Central Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
  4. American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees/Iowa Council 61 v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
  5. Cooperative Finance Ass'n, Inc. v. GarstDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1996

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