State, Office of Employee Rel. v. Communications Workers

How courts have described this case

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• stating that a court will ordinarily not introduce an issue the parties have not raised unless the interests of justice require it, and the parties have had a chance to address the issue
• criticizing Appellate Division’s introduction of arbitrability issue on its own motion and without notice to parties
• criticizing Appellate Division's introduction of arbitrability issue on its own motion and without notice to parties
• noting the broad scope of judicial review applicable to public sector arbitration awards and stating that reversal is appropriate whenever an \award violates law or public policy\
• disapproving of Appellate Division addressing issue — dispute's arbitrability — that parties did not raise before trial court or on appeal
• “Arbitrators also exceed their authority by disregarding the terms of the parties’ agreement.” (citing PBA Local 160, supra, 272 N.J.Super. at 474, 640 A.2d 341)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).