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CITY OF AUGUSTA v. MAINE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Docket No. Ken-12-524.

70 A.3d 268 (2013)

2013 ME 63

CITY OF AUGUSTA v. MAINE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: July 2, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E.F. Langsdorf, Esq. (orally), and Jonathan G. Mermin, Esq., Preti Flaherty, LLP, Augusta, for appellant City of Augusta.

Lisa Copenhaver, Esq. (orally), Maine Labor Relations Board, Augusta, for appellee Maine Labor Relations Board.

Douglas L. Steele, Esq. (orally), Woodley & McGillivary, Washington, DC, and Howard T. Reben, Esq., Reben Benjamin & March, Portland, for appellee IAFF Local 1650.

Susanne F. Pilgrim, Esq., Maine Municipal Association, Augusta, for amicus curiae Maine Municipal Association.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] We are asked in this appeal to review the Maine Labor Relations Board's determination that certain employee retirement benefits are part of the static status quo that must be maintained when negotiations are underway after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and its employees. The Board determined that Augusta firefighters who retired after the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between...

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