California Court of Appeal

Arbitration of contractual claims under a collective bargaining agreement, even if those claims sound in sexual discrimination or harassment, cannot preclude a union employee from filing suit to assert statutory anti-discrimination claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, - 12900 et seq.).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2001
• Published 01/31/2001

Judges

• SIMS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Matthew R. Berrien and Sabrina M. Tourtlotte of Curtis & Arata, Modesto, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elaine M. Smith, Gary F. Overstreet and Michael R. Goldstein of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.