STATE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA v. CITY OF VISTA

No. S173586.

54 Cal.4th 547 (2012)

143 Cal. Rptr. 3d 529

279 P.3d 1022

STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF VISTA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Altshuler Berzon , Stephen P. Berzon , Scott A. Kronland and Peter E. Leckman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, James M. Humes , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Gordon B. Burns , Deputy State Solicitor General, Christopher E. Krueger and Jonathan K. Renner , Assistant Attorneys General, Douglas J. Woods and Peter M. Williams , Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Davis, Cowell & Bowe, John J. Davis, Jr. , and Andrew J. Kahn for Northern California Mechanical Contractors Association, Los Angeles Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Mechanical Contractors Association of Southern California, California Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association, California Sheet Metal Air Conditioning Contractors National Association, Associated Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association and Mechanical Contractors Council of Central California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Carroll & Scully, Donald C. Carroll and Charles P. Scully II for Southern California Labor Management Operating Engineers Contract Compliance Committee as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Office of Lawrence H. Kay and Lawrence H. Kay for Construction Employers' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Sandra Rae Benson , Patricia M. Gates , Roberta D. Perkins and Sharon Seidenstein for Northern California Basic Crafts Alliance, California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association, Jeff Armstrong, Tammy Castillo, Sumaria Love, John Bullock and Mavis McAllister as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Darold D. Pieper , City Attorney, Jonathan B. Stone , Deputy City Attorney; McDougal, Love, Eckis, Smith, Boehmer & Foley, Lounsbery, Ferguson Altona & Peak, James P. Lough , David M. Stotland ; Richards Watson & Gershon and T. Peter Pierce for Defendants and Respondents.

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Robert Fried , Elizabeth P. Lind and W. Bryce Chastain for Associated Builders & Contractors of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Patrick Whitnell and Kourtney Burdick for League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

A charter city entered into certain contracts for the construction of public buildings. A federation of labor unions then petitioned the superior court for a peremptory writ of mandate, asserting that the city must comply with California's prevailing wage law notwithstanding local ordinances stating otherwise. The prevailing wage law requires that certain minimum...

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