BROWN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24753.

37 Cal.3d 477 (1984)

691 P.2d 272

208 Cal. Rptr. 724

ANDREW BROWN et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; C.C. MYERS, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Alberta M. Blumin and Jeffery Brand for Petitioners.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marian M. Johnston and Manuel M. Medeiros, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Mark A. Meier, Michael B. O'Harra, Nageley, Tennant & Parshall and Nageley, O'Harra & Tweedy for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Do the special venue provisions of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12965, subd. (b)) control over the general venue provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 395, subdivision (a) where both FEHA and non-FEHA causes of action are alleged?

I.

Petitioners, Andrew Brown, Charles Jones and Sam George, were employed by real parties in interest, C.C. Myers...

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