U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
Oct. 26, 2013
Sonic-Calabasas the hedgehog
The court is poised in Iskanian to overrule Gentry. Whether the majority can hold onto their sole long-term idea of saving another ruling remains to be seen.
Steven B. Katz
Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
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USC Law School
Steven B. Katz is a partner and co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. He represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.
The late Oxford philosopher Isaiah Berlin wrote famously about hedgehogs and foxes: The fox knows many little things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. The state Supreme Court, in last week's opinion in Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno, 2013 DJDAR 13893 (Oct. 17, 2013) (Sonic II), has gone full hedgehog on us. The court seems to know one big thing about arbitration: It must preserve Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Svcs., Inc., 24 Cal. 4th 83 (2000), at...
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