Connecticut Superior Court, 1999

State v. Local 387 of Council 4, No. Cv-98-0579805 (Feb. 19, 1999)

Connecticut Superior Court · Decided February 19, 1999 · LAVINE, JUDGE.

1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 2487

Opinion of the Court

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON STATE OF CONNECTICUT'S MAY 4, 1998, APPLICATION TO VACATEThe dispositive issue in this case is whether the State of Connecticut has an explicit, well-defined and dominant public policy prohibiting the retention of an employee — in this case, a youth corrections officer — who has made an anonymous, racist, indecent phone call from work, using a state telephone, directed at a third party.¹ The answer is clearly "yes". The state's May 4, 1998, Application to Vacate is therefore granted and the CT Page 2488 defendant's December 22, 1998, cross-application to confirm is denied.

Most of the facts pertinent to this decision are found in the arbitrator's award which is set out in its entirety below:

STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATE BOARD OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION ARBITRATION AWARDIn the matter of:

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