Baldwin-Woodville Area School District v. West Central Education Ass'n

¶ 39. {dissenting). The majority opinion reverses a unanimous court of appeals decision that vacated the arbitration award in this case. The majority concludes "that the arbitrator's construction of the [collective bargaining] agreement had a foundation in reason" and was therefore not a perverse misconstruction of the agreement. Majority op. ¶¶ 2, 38. I recognize and have no disagreement with the majority's explanation of the well-settled legal rules, principles, and standards that govern the judiciary's supervisory role in reviewing arbitration decisions. See id., ¶¶ 20-23. However, I…