GERAWAN FARMING, INC. v. AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BD.

No. S227243.

3 Cal.5th 1118 (2017)

GERAWAN FARMING, INC., Petitioner, v. AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent; UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

November 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Mallery ; Irell & Manella, David A. Schwarz ; Georgeson, Belardinelli and Noyes, Georgeson & Belardinelli, C. Russell Georgeson ; Barsamian & Moody and Ronald H. Barsamian for Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Luke A. Wake ; Damien M. Schiff ; Benbrook Law Group, Bradley A. Benbrook , Stephen M. Duvernay ; Walter & Wilhelm Law Group, Paul J. Bauer ; McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth and Anthony Raimondo for National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Cato Institute, California Farm Bureau Federation, California Fresh Fruit Association, Western Growers Association and Ventura County Agricultural Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Walter & Wilhelm Law Group, Paul J. Bauer ; Raimondo & Associates, Anthony Raimondo , Gerardo V. Hernandez and Jasmine Shams for Silvia Lopez as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Carl G. Borden , Robert P. Roy , John C. Eastman , Anthony T. Caso and Jason E. Resnick for Western Growers Association, California Farm Bureau Federation, Agricultural Council of California, California Citrus Mutual, California Grape and Tree Fruit League, Grower-Shipper Association of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Nisei Farmers League, and Ventura County Agricultural Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Carl G. Borden for California Farm Bureau Federation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert P. Roy for Ventura County Agricultural Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John C. Eastman and Anthony T. Caso for Center of Constitutional Jurisprudence as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jason E. Resnick for Western Growers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Kathleen A. Kenealy , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gregory D. Brown , Deputy State Solicitor General, Douglas J. Woods , Assistant Attorney General, Constance L. LeLouis , Mark R. Beckington and Benjamin M. Glickman , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

Martínez Aguilasocho & Lynch, Mario Martínez , Thomas P. Lynch , Edgar I. Aguilasocho ; Altshuler Berzon, Scott A. Kronland , Danielle Leonard and Jonathan Weissglass for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.


OPINION

In 1975, the Legislature enacted the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 (ALRA; Lab. Code, § 1140 et seq.) "to encourage and protect the right of agricultural employees to full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing...

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