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JONES v. TRACY SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. S.F. 24045.

27 Cal.3d 99 (1980)

611 P.2d 441

165 Cal. Rptr. 100

BESSIE JONES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TRACY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cerney, McIlwrath, Fass & Yecies and Rolleen McIlwrath for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Christine C. Curtis and Peter H. Weiner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gerald A. Sherwin, County Counsel, and Rebecca A. Davis, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Is a female employee who establishes an unlawful wage discrimination practice which is violative of Labor Code section 1197.5 subject to the two-year limitations period for recovery of back wages, and is she entitled to the attorney's fees which she incurred in asserting her claim? We will conclude that under the applicable statutory provisions, (1) recovery of back wages is ordinarily limited to the two-year...

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