Case Name: In the Matter of the Arbitration between Long Island Lumber Co., Inc., Respondent, and Harry C. Martin, as President of Demolition, Debris Haulers, Used Materials and Scrap Metal Chauffeurs, Helpers and Loaders, Local Union No. 824, Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1964-10-13
Citations: 22 A.D.2d 652
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Arbitration between Long Island Lumber Co., Inc., Respondent, and Harry C. Martin, as President of Demolition, Debris Haulers, Used Materials and Scrap Metal Chauffeurs, Helpers and Loaders, Local Union No. 824, Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 652–654

Head Matter:
(October 13, 1964)
In the Matter of the Arbitration between Long Island Lumber Co., Inc., Respondent, and Harry C. Martin, as President of Demolition, Debris Haulers, Used Materials and Scrap Metal Chauffeurs, Helpers and Loaders, Local Union No. 824, Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Order, entered on March 19, 1964, denying arbitration affirmed, with $30 costs and disbursements to the petitioner-respondent. The order appealed from stays an arbitration in a labor dispute. The ground of Special Term's decision was that the contract provided for preliminary adjustment procedures as a condition precedent to arbitration. Those procedures were not had and respondent never demanded them. It is respondent's position that the failure to carry out these preliminaries is a matter to be considered by the arbitrators. Ordinarily, compliance with such procedures is a condition precedent end the existence of the condition and its performance are for the court (Matter of Board of Educ. [Heckler Elec. Co], 7 N Y 2d 476). An exception is presented where the failure to comply with the procedures is either the matter in dispute or so closely connected with that matter that it can fairly be considered a part of it (Matter of First Republic Bldg. Corp. [Gildenhorn], 20 A D 2d 256). We agree with Special Term that the facts presented here do not bring the application within the exception. Nor do we read Wiley & Sons v. Livingston (376 U. S. 543) as enunciating any different rule.