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CITY OF RICHFIELD v. LOCAL NO. 1215, ETC.

No. 48638.

276 N.W.2d 42 (1979)

In the Matter of the Contract Arbitration Between: CITY OF RICHFIELD, Appellant, v. LOCAL NO. 1215, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, Respondent, and State of Minnesota, by Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, Intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeFevere, Lefler, Pearson, O'Brien & Drawz and James P. O'Meara, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Peterson, Engberg & Peterson and Bruce P. Grostephan, Minneapolis, Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard Allyn, Sol. Gen., Stephen Befort, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster Shepard & Donnelly, Eric R. Miller, Donald W. Selzer, Jr., St. Paul, amicus curiae, for Minn. Ed. Assn. seeking affirmance.

Hall & Swanson and Clinton J. Hall, Forest Lake, amicus curiae, for Minn. Elementary School Principals Assn. seeking affirmance.

Gregg M. Corwin, Golden Valley, amicus curiae, for AFSCME Councils seeking affirmance.

Stanley G. Peskar, St. Paul, amicus curiae, General Counsel for League of Minnesota Cities seeking reversal.

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, R. Theodore Clark, Jr., Bettye S. Kitch, Chicago, Ill., amicus curiae, for National League of Cities seeking reversal.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

YETKA, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, city of Richfield (Richfield) from a judgment entered February 14, 1978, pursuant to an amended order of the Hennepin County District Court filed February 10, 1978, upholding the constitutionality of the compulsory binding arbitration provisions of the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA), Minn.St.1976, §§ 179.66-.77 and confirming an arbitration award issued to resolve negotiation disputes between...

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