O'CONNELL v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A113933.

47 Cal.Rptr.3d 147 (2006)

141 Cal.App.4th 1452

Jack O'CONNELL, as Superintendent of Public Instruction etc., et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Alameda County, Respondent; Liliana Valenzuela et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Four.

August 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, James M. Humes, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Solicitor General, Thomas R. Yanger, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Douglas M. Press, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kara Read-Spangler, Hadara R. Stanton, Karin S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, Counsel for Petitioners: (Defendants below).

Allan Zaremberg, Sacramento, for California Chamber of Commerce, California Business Roundtable, and California Business for Education Excellence, as Amici Curiae for Petitioners.

Raneene Rae Belisle, Los Angeles, for Las Familias del Pueblo, as Amicus Curiae for Petitioners.

Morrison & Foerster and Arturo J. González, Shane Brun, Vanina Sucharitkul, Chris J. Young, San Francisco, and Johanna Hartwig, Counsel for Real Parties in Interest (Plaintiffs below).

Public Advocates, Inc. and John Affeldt, Jenny Pearlman, and Tara Kini, San Francisco, for Campaign for Quality Education, Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL), California Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (CA-ACORN), Californians for Justice, California Tomorrow, Coalition for Educational Justice, Community Asset Development Redefining Education (CADRE), Justice Matters, Parents for Unity, United Teachers Los Angeles, Youth in Focus, and Youth Together, as Amici Curiae for Respondents.

Melissa W. Kasnitz, Berkeley, for Disability Rights Advocates, as Amicus Curiae for Respondents.


RUVOLO, P.J.

I.

INTRODUCTION

By order of the California Supreme Court, we are charged with reviewing defendants'1 petition for writ of certiorari, mandate, and other appropriate relief, challenging a preliminary injunction issued by the Alameda County Superior Court, but later stayed by the California Supreme Court. That injunction restrained defendants from denying diplomas...

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