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Appellate Practice

Aug. 1, 2009

Appeal Court Strikes Down Grocery-Worker Law

By a 2-1 vote, the state Court of Appeal Thursday struck down a Los Angeles law protecting grocery store workers from being fired when their stores are bought by a larger chain.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

By a 2-1 vote, the state Court of Appeal Thursday struck down a Los Angeles law protecting grocery store workers from being fired when their stores are bought by a larger chain.

The three-member 2nd District panel upheld a trial court's earlier ruling, finding that the city ordinance was pre-empted by state and federal labor laws. California Grocers Association v. City of Los Angeles, B206750 (Cal. ...

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