The Alameda County Superior Court issued a rebuke to Governor Schwarzenegger’s order fuloughing all state employees for three days per month regardless of the employees’ funding source. Davis, Cowell & Bowe represented the Union of American Physicians and Dentists in the case and argued that the furlough order, as applied to “special fund” or federally funded state employees, was an abuse of discretion, violated state statutes, and interfered with the various state agencies’ ability to deliver needed state services. The court agreed and issued a writ of mandate commanding the State to cease furloughing the employees represented in the suit. Articles about the case have appeared in various newspapers: http://www.sacbee.com/budget/story/2431574.html; www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-furlough1-2010jan01,0,2238571.story
