J.R. NORTON CO. v. AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Docket No. L.A. 31027.

26 Cal.3d 1 (1979)

603 P.2d 1306

160 Cal. Rptr. 710

J.R. NORTON COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent; UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dressler, Stoll & Jacobs, Charley M. Stoll, James L. Leather and Donald G. Dressler for Petitioner.

Thomas F. Olson, William S. Marrs, Wm. J. Thomas, Thomas, Snell, Jamison, Russell, Williamson & Asperger, Jay V. Jory, Howard A. Sagaser, Doty, Quinlan, Kershaw & Fanucchi, William A. Quinlan, David E. Smith, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, George J. Tichy II, Jordan L. Bloom, Lloyd W. Aubry, Jr., and Kathleen M. Kelly as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Marvin J. Brenner, Thomas M. Sobel, Edwin Lowry and Gary Williams for Respondent.

Jerome Cohen, Sanford N. Nathan, Tom Dalzell, Ellen Greenstone, Michael Heumann, Linton Joaquin, George C. Lazar, Dianna Lyons, John Rice-Trujillo and Kirsten Zerger for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

In 1975, the California Legislature enacted the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA or Act). (Lab. Code, § 1140 et seq.) The Legislature modeled the Act in large part after the comprehensive federal labor relations statutes, the National Labor Relations Act and the Taft-Hartley Act (NLRA), and it established the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB or Board), which possesses authority and responsibilities...

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