State Bldg. & Const. Trades v. City of Vista 4/28/09 CA4/1

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: D052181

Case Date: 08/20/2009

Preview:Filed 4/28/09

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF VISTA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

D052181

(Super. Ct. No. 37-2007-00054316-CU-WM-NC)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Robert P. Dahlquist, Judge. Affirmed.

Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Scott A. Kronland and Peter E. Leckman for Plaintiff and Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Christopher E. Krueger, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods and Peter M. Williams, Deputy Attorneys General, for State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

McDougal, Love, Eckis, Smith, Boehmer & Foley, James P. Lough and David M. Stotland; Darold D. Pieper, City Attorney (Vista), and Jonathan B. Stone, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents. Davis, Cowell & Bowe and John J. Davis, Jr., for Contractors Associations as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondents. Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Robert Fried and W. Bryce Chastain, for Associated Builders & Contractors of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Sandra Rae Benson, Patricia M. Gates and Robert D. Perkins for Northern California Basic Crafts Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO (SBCTC), appeals from a trial court judgment denying its petition for a peremptory writ of mandate against the City of Vista (Vista), Vista Mayor Morris B. Vance and Vista City Manager Rita Geldert.1 SBCTC sought a ruling requiring that Vista comply with California's prevailing wage law (PWL) (Lab. Code,2

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