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CUADRA v. MILLAN

Docket No. S061138.

17 Cal.4th 855 (1998)

MARIA LUISA CUADRA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. JOSE MILLAN, as Labor Comissioner, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

H. Thomas Cadell, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons and Michael G. Morgan as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Laura Ho, Lora Jo Foo, Cynthia L. Rice, William G. Hoerger, Maria Blanco and Marci Seville for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

In this action for writ of mandate three wage claimants (hereafter plaintiffs) challenged the policy of defendant state Labor Commissioner (hereafter commissioner) of calculating backpay from the date the wage claims are heard rather than the date they are filed.1 The trial court found the policy to be an abuse of discretion and ordered the commissioner to calculate backpay from the filing...

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