TAYLOR v. CRANE

Docket Nos. S.F. 23736, 23735.

24 Cal.3d 442 (1979)

595 P.2d 129

155 Cal. Rptr. 695

JOHN L. TAYLOR, as City Manager, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CHARLES CRANE et al., Defendants and Appellants. BERKELEY POLICE ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF BERKELEY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough and Christopher D. Burdick for Plaintiffs and Appellants and for Defendants and Appellants.

Van Bourg, Allen, Weinberg & Roger, Stewart Weinberg, Stefanie Arthur, Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt & Rothschild, Loren R. Rothschild, Lester G. Ostrov, Joel N. Klevens and Stephen Reinhardt as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants and Defendants and Appellants.

Michael Lawson, City Attorney, and Charles O. Triebel, Jr., for Plaintiffs and Respondents and for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.,

This case presents the question of whether an arbitrator's order and award conflicted with the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Berkeley, and are therefore not binding on the city.

I

On the night of April 16, 1974, Charles Crane, a permanent civil service employee with the rank of police inspector, dined at a Berkeley restaurant with a friend. As...

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