Polster v. Sacramento County Office of Educ., No. C059733

Grant of a writ of mandate commanding county superintendent to process payroll requests pursuant to a transition plan adopted by the outgoing board of a high school district, a plan that awarded severance buyout packages to several district administrative employees, including plaintiffs, is reversed as the superintendents' refusal to approve payroll warrants to carry out the transition plan was a proper exercise of his authority under Education Code section 42127.6(j) and he did not abuse his discretion in exercising that authority.     

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Appellate Information

Filed December 22, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Burner

Counsel
For Appellant:   Tucker Ellis & West LLP, Matthew I. Kaplan, Robert A. Cutbirth and Rebecca A. Lefler

For Appellee:  Gagen McCoy McMahon Koss Markowitz & Raines, Gregory I. McCoy