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U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court

Dec. 11, 2017

Argicultural labor relations case may go to high court

Is it even constitutional for government to force a business (or anyone) into a contract where there is no actual agreement?

Luke A. Wake

Attorney
Pacific Legal Foundation

Email: LWake@pacificlegal.org

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In 2015, a California Court of Appeal handed the small business community a "major win." The decision in Gerawan Farming v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board, 2017 DJDAR 11179 (Nov. 28, 2017), pronounced that California's Agricultural Labor Relations Act violated both the California and the U.S. Constitution in singling-out employers for special legal burdens -- above and beyond those imposed by generally applicable law. More specifically,...

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