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California Supreme Court

May 28, 2016

High court considers whether state worker can sue state

The state Supreme Court was skeptical about the state of California's argument that public workers can't sue the state but instead must sue the specific part of government for which they worked.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The state Supreme Court was skeptical about the state of California's argument on Thursday that public workers can't sue the state but instead must sue the specific part of government for which they worked.

The "fundamental structure of how state government operates" is that agencies like the Justice Department are separate from each other and that lawsuits against the...

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