CASO v. COFFEY


41 N.Y.2d 153 (1976)

Ralph G. Caso, as County Executive of Nassau County, Appellant, v. John Coffey et al., Constituting the Nassau County Public Employment Relations Board, et al., Respondents. In the Matter of the Arbitration between Albany Permanent Professional Firefighters Association, Local 2007, I.A.F.F., AFL-CIO, Respondent, and Erastus Corning, II, as Mayor of the City of Albany, et al., Appellants, and Public Employment Relations Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Catterson, Jr., County Attorney (Natale C. Tedone of counsel), Mineola, for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Bruno Baratta, Mineola, for John Coffey and others, respondents in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Richard Hartman and Anthony W. Cornachio, Mineola, for Daniel Greenwald and another, respondents in the first above-entitled proceeding.

John E. Roe, Corporation Counsel (Francis Bergan and Vincent J. McArdle, Jr., of counsel), Albany, for City of Albany, appellant in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Richard P. Walsh, Jr., and James Paul Clough, Schenectady, for Albany Permanent Professional Firefighters Association, respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Martin L. Barr and Robert J. Miller, Albany, for Public Employment Relations Board, respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur; Judge COOKE taking no part.


FUCHSBERG, J.

In these two cases we confront directly the question of the manner and scope of judicial review of awards made by public arbitration panels acting pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 209 of the Civil Service Law in their determination of disputes arising from failures of local governments and their employees to reach collective bargaining agreements.

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