Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles

DOI TODD, Acting P. J., Dissenting.

I dissent. The majority has adopted the position advocated by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), concluding there was an insufficient legal basis to modify teacher seniority rights because the trial court did not adjudicate the merits of the constitutional claims brought by plaintiffs Sharail Reed and others (Students). The majority finds that a merits determination was necessary because the trial court’s fairness hearing resulted in an impact to UTLA’s rights without sufficient due process. In my view, this conclusion is not supported by the record or the…