Norwalk Police Union, Local 1727, Council 15, Afscme, Afl-Cio v. City of Norwalk

Summary

The court reversed the trial court's order vacating an arbitration award that upheld the termination of a police sergeant. It held that whether the sergeant's reassignment constituted discipline was a factual question for the arbitrators under the parties' unrestricted submission, and the trial court improperly substituted its own finding for theirs. Because the trial court's manifest-disregard determination depended on that improper factual substitution, the award had to be reinstated.