Coffman Specialties, Inc. v. Department of Transportation
California Court of Appeal
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HALLER, Acting P. J.
Coffman Specialties, Inc. (Coffman), an engineering contractor, brought an action against California’s Department of Transportation (Caltrans) seeking a declaratory judgment that arbitration provisions in the State Contract Act are unconstitutional. (Pub. Contract Code, 1 § 10240 et seq.) Coffman contends these provisions, on their face and as applied, violate its constitutional rights to a neutral arbitrator, petition the government, and equal protection of the law. The trial court sustained Caltrans’s demurrer without leave to amend, and entered judgment in…
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