Judges and Judiciary,
Government,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
Oct. 16, 2018
Supreme Court recuses itself from judicial back wages lawsuit
Superior court judges appointed after the salary dispute resolved in 2017 will be appointed to the case under an order issued Monday.
Robert Mallano, a retired presiding justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, is lead plaintiff in a class action that alleges judges' salaries were miscalculated for nine years.
The state's six Supreme Court justices on Monday recused themselves from an appellate decision that says some California judges and justices are owed $40 million in back pay, leaving a yet-to-be-named panel of superior court judges to review the years-long dispute.
The judges who will consider the petition for review must have taken the bench on or after July 1, 2017, according to the order, which is when the state raised salaries to...
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