Hard v. California State Employees Assn.

Opinion

DAVIS, J.

The Civil Service Division (CSD) of defendant California State Employees Association (CSEA), having breathed deep of the intoxicating aroma of self-determination, sought to incorporate as an independent affiliate of the CSEA. As in so many troubled marriages, the CSEA is unwilling to let the CSD leave.

Initially, the CSEA refused to give effect to a vote of CSD members in favor of incorporation, raising procedural objections. We rejected these in Hard v. California State Employees Assn. (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 708 [117 Cal.Rptr.2d 615] (Hard), and thus affirmed the March 2001…