WERDLOW v. CITY OF DETROIT POLICEMEN & FIREMEN RET. SYS. BD. OF TRUSTEES

Docket No. 254516.

711 N.W.2d 404 (2006)

269 Mich. App. 383

Sean WERDLOW, Chief Financial Officer/Finance Director; Roger Short, Budget Director; Ruth Carter, Corporation Counsel; Roger Cheek, Mayor's Designated Representative; and City of Detroit, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF DETROIT POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Detroit Fire Fighters Association Local 344, I.A.F.F., and Detroit Police Command Officers Association, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 12, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication March 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbott, Nicholson, Quilter, Esshaki & Youngblood, P.C. (by Kenneth S. Wilson and Daniel G. Kielczewski), and Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C. (by John H. Willems), Detroit, Detroit, for the plaintiffs.

Martens, Ice, Klass, Legghio & Israel, P.C. (by Christopher P. Legghio and John Adam), Royal Oak, for the City of Detroit Policemen and Firemen Retirement System Board of Trustees.

Helveston & Helveston, P.C. (by Ronald R. Helveston), Detroit, for the Detroit Fire Fighters Association, Local 344, I.A.F.F.

Sachs Waldman, P.C. (by Mary Ellen Gurewitz), Detroit, for the Detroit Police Command Officers Association.

Before: COOPER, P.J., and FORT HOOD and R.S. GRIBBS, JJ.


FORT HOOD, J.

A labor dispute between the city of Detroit and the Detroit Police Officers Association (DPOA) was submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to 1969 PA 312 (Act 312), MCL 423.231 et seq.1 The arbitration panel determined that the composition of the pension board would be altered. Previously an eleven member board, it was concluded that two board members would be replaced and a twelfth member would be added. The same...

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