Legal Opinion · Dissent
Vista Verde Farms v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board
California Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1981No. S.F. 24098Published
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*331CLARK, J.
I dissent.
The Legislature was obviously aware of the role of labor contractors in agriculture in our state. In unequivocal language, it exempted them from the unfair labor practice provisions of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA). The majority do not contend otherwise and there is sound reason for the legislative determination.
To avoid the legislative determination on a theory that the labor contractor—apart from “exceptional” circumstances (ante, p. 328)—is the agent of the employer to whom he furnished farm workers is not only to repudiate the legislative determination but…
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- John C. Shimman, Cross-Appellant v. John Frank, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Belridge Farms v. Agricultural Labor Relations BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
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