COM. v. COUNTY BD. OF ARLINGTON CTY.

Record No. 761421.

232 S.E.2d 30 (1977)

217 Va. 558

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. The COUNTY BOARD OF ARLINGTON COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., Frederick T. Gray, Richmond (Anthony F. Troy, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., D. Patrick Lacy, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Walter E. Rogers, R. D. McIlwaine, III, Richmond, on briefs), for plaintiff in error.

Henry St. J. FitzGerald, Jerry K. Emrich, County Atty., Arlington (John C. Dempsey, George H. Cohen, Washington, D. C., Julia Penny Clark, Robert E. Paul, Arlington, Tolbert, Smith, FitzGerald & Ramsey, Arlington, Zwerdling & Maurer, Bredhoff, Cushman, Gottesman & Cohen, Washington, D. C., on briefs), for defendants in error.

Public Service Research Council (Gladys L. Fishel, Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Silver Spring, Md., on brief), amicus curiae, for plaintiff in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


CARRICO, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether, absent express statutory authority, a local governing body or school board can recognize a labor organization as the exclusive representative of a group of public employees and can negotiate and enter into binding contracts with the organization concerning the terms and conditions of employment of the employees.

The challenge to the authority of the local boards arose when the Commonwealth...

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