U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Maintains Injunction Against California Regarding Wage Lawsuit

Thanks to Ron Cohen, President of UCP of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties for this news item. The Court today issued a decision against the Schwarzenegger Administration, upholding Federal District Court Judge Wilken's injunction that has blocked since June 2009 the reduction in the state's participation toward in-home supportive worker wages. The decision is a setback to the State of California, which on Monday won a ruling from the California State Court of Appeals on the issue of the Governor's line item vetoes, which that court declared was unconstitutional. The State could decide to appeal the 9th Circuit Court's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The text of 21-page Circuit Court's opinion in Dominguez et al v. Schwarzenegger (formerly Martinez v. Schwarzenegger) and original federal district court case is available on the California Disability Action Center (CDCAN) website at http://www.cdcan.us/.