CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S192828.

56 Cal.4th 1086 (2013)

158 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1

302 P.3d 194

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATION, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen A. Trutanich , City Attorney, Zna Portlock Houston , Assistant City Attorney, Janis Levart Barquist and Jennifer Maria Handzlik , Deputy City Attorneys, for Petitioner.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke and Jessica M. Weisel for Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, David W. Tyra and Meredith Packer Garey for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Kamine Phelps and Marcia Haber Kamine for Engineering Contractors' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Gary M. Messing , Gregg McLean Adam , Jonathan Yank , Gonzalo C. Martinez ; Levy, Stern, Ford & Wallach, Myers Law Group , Adam N. Stern and Lewis N. Levy for Real Party in Interest.

Leonard Carder and Arthur A. Krantz for International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, Public Employees Union Local One, State Employees Trades Council-United, University Council-American Federation of Teachers, Academic Professionals of California, University Professional and Technical Employees, CWA Local 9119 and Marin Association of Public Employees as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Silver, Hadden, Silver, Wexler & Levine and Stephen H. Silver for Los Angeles Police Protective League, San Francisco Police Officers' Association, CDF Firefighters, California Correctional Peace Officers' Association, Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, San Bernardino County Safety Employees' Benefit Association, Deputy Sheriffs' Association of Santa Clara County, Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers' Association (PPOA), Fresno Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Santa Monica Police Officers' Association, Manhattan Beach Police Officers' Association, Anaheim Firefighters' Association, Costa Mesa Firefighters' Association, Inc., Huntington Beach Firefighters' Association, Fullerton Firefighters' Association, Orange City Fire Fighters, Inc., Orange County Employees' Association and Peace Officers Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, Anthony Segall , Ellen Greenstone , Jonathan Cohen and Anthony P. Resnick for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 36, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501, Laborers International Union of North America, Local 777, Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Constructions Trades Council and Service Employees International Union, Local 721 as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

After declaring a fiscal emergency, a charter city adopted a mandatory furlough program for its civilian employees. Many employees represented by a union filed grievances against the city, arguing that the furloughs violated duly ratified memorandums of understanding (MOUs) governing the terms and conditions of their employment. When their grievances were denied, these...

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