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Champion v. Public Employment Relations Board
Richard Champion and Robert Winterton, Petitioners-Appellants,
vs.
Public Employment Relations Board, Respondent-Appellee
State of Iowa, Board of Regents, Intervenor.
Attorney for Appellants
Richard D. Champion
Robert W. Winterton
Attorney for Appellee
Diana S. Machir
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Chickasaw County, Margaret L. Lingreen, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Bower, C.J., Schumacher, J., and Danilson, S.J. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (16 pages)
Petitioners appeal the district court’s ruling on judicial review upholding the Public Employment Relations Board’s (PERB) decision on their petition for bargaining unit clarification. Petitioners claim that the plain language of the unit encompasses law research assistants who serve law professors, entitling them to inclusion in the bargaining unit. OPINION HOLDS: Because the Petitioners have failed to show PERB’s decision is inconsistent with the agency’s prior practice or precedents and is not unreasonable, arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion, we affirm the district court’s ruling upholding PERB’s decision.
