Legal Opinion · Dissent

Dyna-Med, Inc. v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission

California Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1987No. L.A. 32145Published

1Dissent

*1405BROUSSARD, J.

I dissent. I adopt part III of the well-reasoned opinion of the Court of Appeal (prepared by Justice Work and concurred in by Acting Presiding Justice Staniforth and Justice Wiener) as my own opinion, with a few alterations.1

Dyna-Med, [Inc. (Dyna-Med),] supported by amic[i] Merchants and Manufacturers Association (MMA) [and others],2 set forth multiple challenges to the [Fair Employment and Housing] Commission’s [(Commission)] authority to award punitive damages. In essence, they contend [the Fair Employment and Housing Act’s QFEHA [or act)] language and legislative history…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Moyer v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Carey v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Sail'er Inn, Inc. v. KirbyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Gay Law Students Ass'n v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.California Supreme Court · 1979

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