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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. NEW ENGLAND HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES UNION, DISTRICT 1199, AFL-CIO (SC 16869)
Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued April 16--officially released September 16, 2003

Michael E. Passero, for the appellant (defendant). Thomas P. Clifford III, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellee (state).
Opinion

NORCOTT, J. The issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court properly granted an application to vacate an arbitration award sustaining a grievance by clinical staff members at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School (school). The defendant, New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, AFL-CIO, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court denying its application to confirm the arbitration award and granting the application of the plaintiff, the state of Connecticut, to vacate the award. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court improperly granted the application to vacate the award because: (1) the trial court was required to limit its review of the arbitration award to a determination of whether the award conformed to the submission; (2) the trial court substituted its own judgment for the judgment of the arbitrator; (3) pursuant to General Statutes

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