COMMODORE HOME SYSTEMS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 31512.

32 Cal.3d 211 (1982)

649 P.2d 912

185 Cal. Rptr. 270

COMMODORE HOME SYSTEMS, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; JOHNNIE BROWN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Munger, Tolles & Rickershauser and Ralph F. Hirschmann for Petitioner.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, William F. Spalding, Pamela L. Hemminger, Kenneth C. McGuiness, Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Barbara L. Neilson and McGuiness & Williams as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Hanson & Adams and Michael D. Hanson for Real Parties in Interest.

Joseph Posner, Marjorie Gelb, David Benjamin Oppenheimer, David A. Garcia, Theresa L. Thomas, Joan M. Graff, Linda J. Krieger, Rebecca I. McKee, Judith E. Kurtz and Nancy L. Davis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

Petitioner Commodore Home Systems, Inc. (Commodore) seeks mandate after the San Bernardino Superior Court denied its motion to strike portions of a complaint alleging job discrimination. The question is whether punitive damages are available in a suit for job discrimination pursuant to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq...

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