Supreme Court of California

Government Code section 17581 and budget measures that suspend the operation of administrative regulations adopted by the Department of Industrial Relations do not violate the separation of powers clause of the California Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2001
• Published 04/05/2001

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of William D. Ross, William D. Ross and Carol B. Sherman, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel (Los Angeles) and Stephen R. Morris, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Los Angeles County Consolidated Fire Protection District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Linda A. Cabatic and Allen Sumner, Assistant Attorneys General, Paul H. Dobson, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Marsha A. Bedwell and Daniel G. Stone, Deputy Attorneys General for Defendants and Respondents State of California, Departments of Finance and Industrial Relations, State Controller Kathleen Connell and State Treasurer Philip N. Angelides., Camille Shelton, Sacramento, for Defendant and Respondent Commission on State Mandates.