Villaroel v. Recology, 97 Cal. App. 5th 762 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023)
The court of appeals reinstated a class action against a utility by consumers seeking to enjoin unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practices. The appellate court held that the case was not preempted by the filed rate doctrine. The court also found that a prior enforcement action filed by the attorney general was not res judicata…
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass’n v. Bowen, 192 Cal. App. 4th 110 (Cal. App. 3d Dist., 2011).
California’s Political Reform Act (enacted in 1974) requires that the Attorney General prepare the official summary of the bill and the ballot label and title for ballot initiatives. The Political Reform Act can be amended in two ways: 1) to further its purposes if the amendment is passed in each house of the Legislature by…
Brown v. Chiang, 198 Cal. App. 4th 1203; Cal. 3d App. Dist. 2011)
A state budget crisis led the Governor of California to issue an Executive Order directing the state Department of Personnel Administration to implement a furlough of employees of the state Constitutional officers, including the Attorney General. The trial court held that the order did apply to the Constitutional officers and the officers appealed, asserting, among…
