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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S053930.

87 Cal.Rptr.2d 441 (1999)

981 P.2d 68

21 Cal.4th 292

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Kim A. Schonert, as Personal Representative, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel; Gutierrez & Preciado, Calvin R. House, Pasadena, Nohemi Gutierrez Ferguson and Gabrielle Harner Brumbach for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Hadsell & Stormer, Barbara Enloe Hadsell, Virginia Keeny and Lise Anderson, Pasadena, for Real Party in Interest.

Catherine Fisk, Los Angeles; and Karl Manheim, Los Angeles, for Protection and Advocacy, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

KENNARD, J.

Patricia Cordova brought an action in state court against the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department and certain others alleging sexual harassment by her coworkers and supervisors. She asserted violations of state law as well as a federal statute, 42 United States Code section 1983, which creates a cause of action for violations, by those wielding state authority, of a person's civil rights under the federal Constitution. While the action was pending,...

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