COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COM.

No. S191944.

56 Cal.4th 905 (2013)

157 Cal. Rptr. 3d 481

301 P.3d 1102

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COMMISSION, Defendant and Respondent. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 721, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gutierrez, Preciado & House, Calvin House , Clifton A. Baker ; Manuel A. Valenzuela, Jr. , Lucia Gonzalez Peck , Joyce M. Aiello and Rosemarie Belda , Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.

Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, David A. Rosenfeld , Alan G. Crowley , Vincent A. Harrington , Jacob J. White and Ann-Marie Gallegos for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Davis, Cowell & Bowe, Richard G. McCracken and Andrew J. Kahn for Union of American Physicians and Dentists, Unite Here International Union and AFT Local 1931 as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Leonard Carder , Margot Rosenberg and Arthur Liou for International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Altshuler Berzon, Scott A. Kronland and Eileen B. Goldsmith for SEIU United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU Local 521, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West and California United Homecare Workers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, Glenn Rothner , Jonathan Cohen and Anthony Resnick for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, California Faculty Association, California School Employees Association and California Teachers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Joan A. Markoff , Will M. Yamada , Paul M. Starkey and Jennifer M. Garten for the California Department of Personnel Administration as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

M. Suzanne Murphy and Wendi L. Ross for California Public Employment Relations Board as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

This case involves the balance between an employee's right of informational privacy1 and a union's right to obtain information it needs to represent the employee in collective bargaining. The Service Employees International Union, Local 721 (SEIU), is the exclusive bargaining representative of all Los Angeles County (County) employees. The question here is whether SEIU is entitled to...

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