MATTER OF METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. v. AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS


290 A.D.2d 245 (2002)

736 N.Y.S.2d 323

In the Matter of METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided January 8, 2002.


The parties' collective bargaining agreement calls for arbitration of any dispute as to its interpretation, application or alleged violation or breach. Given a clause of this breadth, and the presence of language specifically prohibiting petitioner's discriminating against respondent's members on the basis of age, the dancer's non-reengagement allegedly because of his age presents an arbitrable controversy. Whether that controversy fits within the provisions of the collective...

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