Berkeley Teachers Ass'n v. Bd. of Educ. of Berkeley Unified Sch. Dist.

These consolidated appeals from an order granting a preliminary injunction and a judgment permanently enjoining the Berkeley Board of Education from holding an election among its certificated teachers, raise questions of first impression concerning the Winton Act (Ed. Code, §§ 13080-13088; Gov. Code, §3501). Plaintiffs and respondents, Berkeley Teachers Association and its officers (hereafter collectively referred to as Association), individually and in their representative capacities, initiated this action for declar atory and other relief against the members of the Berkeley Board of…