Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 900 v. SUBURBAN BUS DIV. OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

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• holding de novo was the appropriate standard of review of a trial court's decision on a motion to compel arbitration that involved only the legal issue of whether the dispute was arbitrable
• finding that the timeliness of following steps in the grievance process is a procedural question to be determined by an arbitrator as opposed to a condition precedent to invoking a right to arbitration that may be resolved by the courts
• finding that the timeliness of following steps in the grievance process is a procedural question to be determined by an arbitrator as opposed to a condition precedent to invoking a right to arbitration that may be resolved by the courts
• where circuit court determined arbitrability without making factual findings, its decision was made as a matter of law and was reviewable de novo
• “A condition precedent is one which must be performed either before a contract becomes effective or which is to be performed by one party to an existing contract before the other party is obligated to perform.”

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