Jul. 28, 2017
Active and retired judges must get $40M, state is told
California owes 3,400 active and retired judges about $40 million and must pay now, a judge ordered Thursday, but the state might not comply.
Daily Journal photo / Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle granted a motion Thursday by retired judges to get retroactive pay. Attorneys for the state did not indicate they would comply.
LOS ANGELES — California owes 3,400 active and retired judges about $40 million and must pay now, a judge ordered Thursday, but the state might not comply.
In an explosive hearing, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle granted plaintiffs’ motion to enforce an order Berle made and an appellate panel affirmed that judicial payment cuts during the 2008-2010 recession violated the state’s constitution. Mallano et. al v....
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