California Court of Appeal

In a race discrimination class action brought by a class of minority peace officers, judgment finding defendant county liable for back pay and other relief is reversed as plaintiffs failed to establish a basis for a disparate impact claim as a matter of law, and the jury-s verdict on disparate treatment was not supported by the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2007
• Published 04/12/2007

Judges

• EPSTEIN, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jones Day,Elwood Lui, Scott D. Bertzyk, Jeffrey B. Kirzner, Irvine;  Gutierrez, Preciado & House and Calvin House, Pasadena, for Defendants, Appellants and Respondents., Law Office of Patricia Bellasalma, Patricia Bellasalma, Los Angeles;  O'Donnell & Kramer, J.L. O'Donnell, Jr.;   Kramer & Jacob, Jennifer Kramer, Los Angeles;  Benedon & Serlin, Gerald M. Serlin and Douglas G. Benedon, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs, Respondents and Appellants., Lackie & Dammeier and Dieter C. Dammeier, Upland, for Peace Officers' Research Association of California, Legal Defense Fund and Los Angeles County Police Officers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Respondents and Appellants., Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan and Laurence S. Zakson, Los Angeles, for POPA, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Respondents and Appellants., Isabelle Gunning for The Feminist Majority Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Respondents and Appellants., Shelly M. Mandell for National Organization for Women, Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs, Respondents and Appellants.