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Labor/Employment

Aug. 21, 2012

Federal appellate judges seek state Supreme Court help in labor case

The federal law on class actions boomeranged Friday when appellate judges, baffled in a wage-and-hour case by the state's convoluted labor code, decided they must bounce the matter back to state court.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The federal law on class actions boomeranged Friday when appellate judges, baffled in a wage-and-hour case by the state's convoluted labor code, decided they must bounce the matter back to state court.


A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel made the U-turn, shipping to the California Supreme Court for advice on a case that came before the panel after originating in Los Angeles County Superior Co...

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