City of East Providence v. United Steelworkers, Local 15509

How courts have described this case

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• holding a reviewing court must vacate an arbitration award when an arbitrator exceeds his or her powers
• where arbitrator determines that just cause exists, it is “patently irrational” for him to exceed his authority by considering an alternate form of discipline
• “It is well settled that this Court will eschew a hypertechnical interpretation of a contract term in favor of a more commonplace construction.”

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