California Court of Appeal

In collective bargaining agreements, known as memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for state civil service employees, the post and bid provisions of the MOUs do not violate the constitutionally mandated merit principle of the civil service system.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/09/2003
• Published 12/09/2003

Judges

• SCOTLAND, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anne M. Giese, Sacramento, and Robin O'Sullivan, for Defendant and Appellant., Elise S. Rose and Dorothy Bacskai Egel, Sacramento, for Plaintiffs and Respondents., Howard L. Schwartz, Piedmont, Linda D. Buzzini, Sacramento, Patricia Keegan and Marguerite D. Seabourne, for the Department of Personnel Administration as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Ronald Yank, Gregg McLean Adam, San Francisco;  and Benjamin C. Sybesma, West Sacramento, for the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.