Williams v. Superior Court

Filed 11/15/17 Opinion on remand from Supreme Court

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, B259967

Petitioner, (Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. BC503806) v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY,

Respondent; MARSHALLS OF CA, LLC,

Real Party in Interest.

Petition for extraordinary writ. William F. Highberger, Judge. Petition is granted.

Capstone Law, Glenn A. Danas, Robert Drexler, Stan Karas, Liana Carter for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Littler Mendelson, Robert G. Hulteng, Joshua J. Cliffe, Emily E. O’Connor, Scott D. Helsinger for Real Party in Interest.

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In these proceedings, plaintiff Michael Williams petitions for a writ of mandate compelling the superior court to vacate its limited discovery order entered September 9, 2014, and enter a new order granting the motion and ordering real party in interest to produce a list of the names and contact information of its non- exempt California employees employed since March 22, 2012. The case is before us on remand from the California Supreme Court following reversal of our previous decision denying the petition. (Williams v. Superior Court (2017) 3 Cal.5th 531.)

Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s direction, we vacate our earlier decision and grant the petition.

DISPOSITION

Our previous opinion in this case, filed on May 15, 2015, is vacated. The petition is granted. The trial court is directed to vacate its limited discovery order and enter a new order granting discovery of the names and contact information of real party in interest’s non-exempt California employees employed since March 22, 2012.

Petitioner shall receive his costs on appeal.

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CHANEY, J. We concur:

ROTHSCHILD, P. J. JOHNSON, J.