2 employment law court rulings from public federal records (2005–2019)
City of Pawtucket appears in 2 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply. The set below covers rulings that produced written federal-court decisions; private settlements, EEOC charges resolved without litigation, and state-court cases are not included.
The cases primarily involve Wrongful Termination, Breach of Contract. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination and Breach of Contract.
Rulings span Rhode Island. Rhode Island is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Rhode Island rulings.
The plaintiff, Sean Gannon, appealed from orders of the Superior Court relating his motion to vacate an arbitration award issued in connection with the termination of his employment as a firefighter by the defendant, the City of Pawtucket, in November 2013. Following the termination, the local firefighters' union brought a grievance against the city on Gannon's behalf, which was arbitrated pursuant to the firefighters' collective bargaining agreement. An arbitrator found in favor of the city, and Gannon, on his own behalf, filed a motion in Superior Court to vacate the arbitration award. A hearing justice denied Gannon's motion to substitute the union as a plaintiff, granted the city's motion to dismiss Gannon's motion to vacate the arbitration award, and awarded the city reasonable costs and attorneys' fees. The Supreme Court held that Gannon did not have standing to challenge the arbitration decision on his own behalf, and that the hearing justice properly denied Gannon's motion to substitute the union as a plaintiff because the motion would not have related back to the original filing and was therefore not timely. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the orders of the Superior Court denying Gannon's motion to amend, dismissing his motion to vacate the arbitration award, and awarding reasonable costs and attorneys' fees.
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.