Supreme Court of California
KATZBERG v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, S097445
An individual may not bring an action for money damages based on an alleged violation of the California Constitution (here for a university's failure to provide a timely "name-clearing" hearing after removal of a department chairman) in the absence of a statutory provision or established common law tort authorizing such a remedy.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/27/2002
- Published 11/27/2002
Judges
- GEORGE, C.J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Siegel & Yee and Dan Siegel, Menlo Park, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Paul D. Fogel, Raymond A. Cardozo, San Francisco; Pahl & Gosselin, Kenneth L. Kann, San Francisco, Nanette Joslyn, El Sobrante; James E. Holst, John F. Lundberg and Jeffrey A. Blair, Oakland, for Defendants and Respondents.