RUELAS v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA

No. S277120.

ARMIDA RUELAS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

April 22, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Burling, Cortlin H. Lannin , Isaac D. Chaput , Adam Z. Margulies , Eric C. Bosset and Kevin F. King for Defendant and Appellant Aramark Correctional Services, LLC.

Hanson Bridgett, Paul B. Mello , Adam W. Hofmann , Samantha D. Wolff , Gilbert J. Tsai , Winston K. Hu and Gary A. Watt for Defendants and Appellants County of Alameda and Sheriff Gregory J. Ahern.

Jennifer Bacon Henning for California State Association of Counties and California State Sheriffs' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta, Dan Siegel , Anne Butterfield Weills , EmilyRose Johns and Sara Beladi for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Kyle Virgien; Summer Lacey; and Shilpi Agarwal for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Prison Law Office, Prison Policy Initiative, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Worth Rises as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Bradan Litzinger, Molly Lao and Sabina Crocette for Legal Aid at Work, California Employment Lawyers Association, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Impact Fund, National Employment Law Project and Root & Rebound as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Kellie Walters for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Justice Evans authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Guerrero and Justices Corrigan, Liu, Kruger, Groban, and Jenkins concurred.


Inmates at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County work in the kitchen preparing meals for the county jail population and staff under an agreement between the county and a private contractor. They are not paid for their labor. A group of nonconvicted individuals who were performing this labor while detained at the...

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