9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Government,
Labor/Employment
Jul. 31, 2024
9th Circuit rules it has no jurisdiction in transit funds dispute
The case revolved around a Labor Department announcement in a 2021 letter that it would deny federal mass transit funds to agencies throughout the state due to the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act law.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled that it has no business getting involved in a dispute between the federal government and the state over transit funds and public employee labor union rights because the case did not involve any pending grant applications.
Attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Labor, Amalgamated Transit Union International and the state of California all agreed that the appeal of a ruling by Chief Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the Eastern D...
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