Bd. of Educ. of Carlsbad v. Harrell

OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises two broad questions: (1) Whether a statute providing for compulsory arbitration of a dispute between an individual and an agency of the state is constitutional; and (2), if it is, whether the same statute’s sharp constriction of judicial review of the arbitrator’s decision is likewise constitutional.

In the context of this case, the more specific questions presented are (1) whether NMSA 1978, Section 22-10-17.1 (Repl.Pamp.1993), providing for compulsory arbitration of an appeal from a school board’s decision to discharge a certified school…