Professional Engineers v. Department of Transportation
California Supreme Court
Loren E. McMaster for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
We consider here important questions of law and policy arising under the state Constitution’s civil service provision (Cal. Const., art. VII, § 1 (article VII)) and its implied mandate limiting the state’s authority to contract with private entities to perform services the state has historically or customarily performed. (See, e.g., State Compensation Ins. Fund v. Riley (1937) 9 Cal.2d 126, 134-136 [69 P.2d 985, 111 A.L.R. 1503] (Riley); California State Employees’ Assn. v. State of California (1988) 199 Cal.App.3d 840, 844 [245 Cal.Rptr. 232] (CSEA).) As we explain, the civil…
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