Legal Opinion
Santa Clara County Counsel Attorneys Ass'n v. Woodside
California Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1994No. S031593PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
We are asked to decide whether the right of local government employees to sue a public agency for violations of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA, Gov. Code, § 3500 et seq.) extends to attorneys who are employed in the office of the Santa Clara County Counsel (County Counsel), or whether the duty of loyalty imposed upon these attorneys towards their client, the County of Santa Clara (County), precludes such a suit. We conclude that the MMBA authorizes the suit, and that the suit is not prohibited for any constitutional reason. Further, we conclude that the County is statutorily…
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