In an action alleging that the arbitration provisions of the State Contract Act were unconstitutional, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where those provisions provided assurance that an arbitrator who ultimately presides over a public works arbitration hearing will be neutral and acceptable to both parties.

Read Coffman Specialties, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp., No. D053134

Appellate Information

Filed August 19, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Haller

Counsel

For Appellant:

Kerri M. Melucci, Braun & Melucci, La Jolla, CA

For Respondent:

Stephen P. Acquisto, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA

Ross C. Moody, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA

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