SATO v. ORANGE COUNTY DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 15-56402.

861 F.3d 923 (2017)

Michael M. SATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Ames (argued), Ames Law Office, Fountain Valley, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey P. Thompson (argued) and Gregory A. Wille , Declues Burkett & Thompson APC, Huntington Beach, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

Robert J. Feldhake and Joseph K. Jeffrey , The Feldhake Law Firm APC, Costa Mesa, California, for Amicus Curiae Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs, a California Joint Powers Authority.

Deborah B. Caplan and Richard C. Miadich , Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP, Sacramento, California; Keith J. Bray , California School Board Association/Education Legal Alliance, West Sacramento, California; for Amici Curiae California School Boards Association and California School Boards Association's Education Legal Alliance.

Before: Richard C. Tallman and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Stephen Joseph Murphy III, District Judge.


OPINION

In 2013, the California legislature enacted Assembly Bill 97 (AB 97), a massive reform package designed to streamline public education financing and decentralize education governance. 2013 Cal. Legis. Serv. ch. 47 (A.B. 97). This appeal asks us to consider whether AB 97 abrogated our decisions in Belanger...

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