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U.S. Supreme Court

Apr. 18, 2012

High court declines to hear wage-and-hour case

In a victory for California workers, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a state appeals court decision holding that employers can't force into arbitration wage-and-hour lawsuits brought under a state enforcement law.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - In a victory for California workers, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a state appeals court decision holding that employers can't force into arbitration wage-and-hour lawsuits brought under a state enforcement law.


The high court's choice to let the decision stand preserves workers' ability to bring state court suits under the Private Attorney General's ...

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