Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Jan. 23, 2013
Ralphs: not just a labor dispute
Does the freedom of expression trump property rights?
Gideon Kanner
Professor of Law Emeritus, Loyola Law School
USC Law School
I recently read the state Supreme Court's opinions in Ralphs Grocery Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, 2012 DJDAR 17298 (2012), and I'm still reeling. Ostensibly, Ralphs was not a property taking case; it reads like a labor relations case, and as such is seemingly beyond my area of special interest. But it only so seems; bear with me and read on.
To understand why your faithful servant is befuddled by the Ralphs opinion, and why it really is a tak...
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