Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Imperial County Sheriff's Office
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 22, 2008No. D051410PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’ROURKE, J.
In separate proceedings, the Imperial County Employment Appeals Board (the Board) affirmed the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office’s (respondent) terminations of Richard Lopez and Rosario Lopez (appellants) by tie votes. We hold that the Board’s tie votes were the equivalent of a failure to act, and the trial court did not err in remanding the matters for the Board to conduct another vote. Affirmed.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
The respondent terminated appellants from their jobs as correctional sergeants after finding that they violated county ordinances and department…
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