Andrews v. Joint Clerks Port Labor Relations Committee

The fundamental question which we must decide in this case is whether the trial judge was disqualified to act because of a peremptory challenge directed against him pursuant to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6. As we explain infra, we have concluded that the instant proceeding in which disqualification was sought, although designated by a , different number in the court below, was in reality a part and continuation of other proceedings pending therein in which the same trial judge had previously heard a matter involving a contested issue of law or fact and that the…