The Fourth DCA reversed a declaratory judgment holding that section 286.011(1), Florida’s Sunshine Law, requires labor arbitration hearings between a public employer and a police union to be open to the public, finding the statute applies only to meetings of collegial public bodies.
The Commonwealth Court vacated a PUC declaratory order that assigned Conrail responsibility for Delair Bridge drainage maintenance over I-95, holding that the 1966 PUC order’s plain text assigned that duty to PennDOT and that the PUC’s Oxford comma-based reasoning was clearly erroneous.
The California Court of Appeal held that a final judgment in a water district’s validation action bars a ratepayer’s later class action and mandamus petition challenging the same water rates under Proposition 218, even where the ratepayer received only notice by publication.
The Fourth District holds that the 2023 Statewide Siting Act does not strip counties of discretion over solar energy facility siting, affirming dismissal of solar developers’ mandamus claims against Winnebago County.
First District holds that a ratepayer’s Proposition 218 challenge to water rates is permanently barred after she failed to participate in the water district’s validation action within the 120-day window set by Government Code section 53759.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia vacated a permanent injunction against unpermitted septage disposal, finding regulatory gaps in the EPD’s permitting framework and directing the trial court to address nondelegation concerns on remand.
The Commonwealth Court vacated the UCBR’s denial of benefits, holding that wages from a prior denied unemployment claim cannot be precluded from a subsequent eligibility determination because the wage-preclusion rule applies only when prior benefits were actually awarded.
In a precedential opinion, the Commonwealth Court vacated the OOR’s procedural dismissal of a RTKL appeal, exercised de novo review rather than remanding, and affirmed the PSP’s denial of records relating to a noncriminal death investigation, holding that the noncriminal investigation exemption applied.
The Ninth Circuit revived an asthma-based ADA accommodation claim that a California federal court had dismissed as time-barred, holding that the district court erred by failing to consider whether California’s worksharing agreement with the EEOC extended the charge-filing deadline to 300 days.
The First District holds that San Francisco has discretion to develop a fishing program and complete CEQA review before applying for a water supply permit to open the Calaveras Reservoir to public fishing.