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Filed 6/11/10;
part. pub. order 7/12/10
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IN
THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA



FIRST
APPELLATE DISTRICT



DIVISION
TWO




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SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1000 et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER et al., Defendants and Appellants, ___________________________________ And related Cross-Complaint.

A126525 (San Francisco County Super. Ct. No. CPF-09-509-580)

This litigation was
initiated by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a number of
SEIU members on behalf of nine bargaining units of employees of the State
Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) against the Governor and the Director
of the Department of Personnel Administration (Director). The object of the litigation was to halt the
mandatory imposition of furlough on State Fund employees for two days per month
in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order S-16-08. Janet Frank, the President of the State Fund,
was originally named as a defendant by SEIU, but she subsequently filed a
cross-complaint for the same relief as against the Governor's Executive Order
S-13-09, which mandated a third furlough day per month. [1]

On September 24, 2009, Judge Charlotte Woolard of the San Francisco
Superior Court entered a judgment issuing a writ of mandate and a permanent
injunction halting the practice of mandatory furlough days for State Fund
employees represented by the SEIU. The
judgment also ordered the Controller â€