California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of miners' suit for a statutory second meal break is reversed and remanded where: 1) an Industrial Welfare Commission order conflicts with the statute and is invalid; 2) the issue of arbitration requires litigation upon remand; and 3) the IWC and plaintiffs' union are not indispensable parties to the litigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2006
• Published 04/07/2006

Judges

• EPSTEIN, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neil M. Herring, Sebastopol and Robert D. Newman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Scott J. Witlin and Dominick C. Capozzola, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.