STATE BD. OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY

No. S151705.

45 Cal.4th 963 (2009)

STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; CAROLE M. ARBUCKLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

February 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, David Chaney, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gordon Burns, Deputy State Solicitor General, Jacob Appelsmith, Assistant Attorney General, Vincent J. Scally, Jr., Miguel Neri, Fiel D. Tigno, Alicia M. B. Fowler, Lyn Harlan and Noreen P. Skelly, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Garcia & Associates and Gaspar Garcia II for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

The Legislature enacted the California Whistleblower Protection Act (Gov. Code, § 8547 et seq.)1 (the Act) to protect the right of state employees "to report waste, fraud, abuse of authority, violation of law, or threat to public health without fear of retribution." (§ 8547.1.) In adopting the Act, the Legislature expressly found ...

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