Price v. Superior Court

Opinion

WOOLPERT, J.

Introduction *

By way of petition for extraordinary relief we are asked to nullify the respondent superior court’s transfer of four court clerks from the office of the petitioner county clerk to the court’s staff pursuant to Government Code section 69898.

The lines are starkly drawn. The clerk contends she is a constitutional officer whose position may not be jeopardized by statute. Although she must supply court-related services, she remains the responsible employer of the clerical personnel she assigns to the superior court. In contrast, the court justifies its action by…