EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPT. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24216.

30 Cal.3d 256 (1981)

636 P.2d 575

178 Cal. Rptr. 612

EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; BETTY ANN BOREN, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

November 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner and Robert F. Tyler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Richard M. Pearl, Charles F. Elsesser and Ralph S. Abascal for Real Party in Interest.

Mary S. Burdick and Marilyn Katz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

Petitioners California Employment Development Department and related public agencies and officials, defendants in the underlying action (defendants), seek mandate or prohibition to compel the trial court to vacate its order certifying the suit as a class action. (1) Defendants contend primarily that the trial court lacked authority to approve class certification after the principal legal issue in the...

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