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Matter of Civil Service Employees Ass'n, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jul 6, 1979
71 A.D.2d 795 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)

Opinion

July 6, 1979

Appeal from the Niagara Supreme Court.

Present — Simons, J.P., Schnepp, Callahan, Witmer and Moule, JJ.


Order affirmed, without costs, on the opinion at Special Term, Stiller, J. All concur, except Callahan, J., who dissents and votes to vacate the award, in the following memorandum.


I respectfully dissent and vote to vacate the arbitrator's decision. While I concur that an arbitrator has broad discretion and believe that the determination as to timeliness is within that discretion (North Syracuse Cent. School Dist. v. North Syracuse Educ. Assn., 45 N.Y.2d 195), the determination that the title of stenographic secretary to the County Attorney comes within the collective bargaining agreement is irrational and should be vacated. There is simply no evidence to support that determination. The subject position is not specified on the agreed upon list of those titles to be within the collective bargaining agreement. We must assume that such omission was deliberate. The determination that the position of secretary to County Attorney is within the contract is not a rational one and, therefore, in my opinion, the arbitrator acted in excess of his power necessitating a vacatur of the award (CPLR 7511, subd [b], par 1, cl [iii]; Matter of Givran, Inc. [International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 294], 55 A.D.2d 746).


Summaries of

Matter of Civil Service Employees Ass'n, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jul 6, 1979
71 A.D.2d 795 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)
Case details for

Matter of Civil Service Employees Ass'n, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Arbitration between CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Jul 6, 1979

Citations

71 A.D.2d 795 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)