[DOWNLOAD] "Santa Clara County Counsel Attys. Assn. V. Woodside" by Supreme Court Of California # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Santa Clara County Counsel Attys. Assn. V. Woodside
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 31, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 97 KB
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We are asked to decide whether the right of local government employees to sue a public agency for violations of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA, Gov. Code, § 3500 et seq.) extends to attorneys who are employed in the Santa Clara County Counsel's office (County Counsel), or if the duty of loyalty imposed upon these attorneys towards their client, the County of Santa Clara (County), precludes such a suit. We conclude that the MMBA authorizes the suit, and that the suit is not prohibited for any constitutional reason. Further, we conclude that the County is statutorily forbidden from discharging attorneys for exercising their right to sue under the MMBA, although the County is still free to rearrange assignments within the County Counsel's office in order to ensure that it receives legal representation in which it has full confidence. Because we find in favor of the Santa Clara County Attorneys Association on statutory grounds, we do not consider the argument that their right to sue is constitutionally protected.