Larry Stratton has participated in a number of appeals before California and federal courts, many of which have resulted in published decisions. The following are examples of those published decisions, covering wide ranging legal areas:
- Shirey v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission, 216 Cal.App.4th 1, 156 Cal.Rptr.3d 517 (2013) – Held that a Deputy Sheriff’s prior conviction under Penal Code section 242 was not a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968;
- County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services v. Civil Service Com’n of County of Los Angeles (Latham), 180 Cal.App.4th 391, 102 Cal.Rptr.3d 684 (2009) – Held that a civil service employee’s retirement deprived the Civil Service Commission of jurisdiction;
- Berumen v. County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services, 152 Cal.App.4th 372, 60 Cal.Rptr.3d 890 (2007) – Held that the Charter of the County of Los Angeles did not confer jurisdiction upon the Civil Service Commission to hear claims of “constructive” or “de facto” demotion;
- Kelly v. County of Los Angeles, 141 Cal.App.4th 910, 46 Cal.Rptr.3d 335 (2006) – Held that the Petitioner, a County employee, was not “dismissed” for disability under the California Employees Retirement Law of 1937;
- Zuniga v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission, 137 Cal.App.4th 1255, 40 Cal.Rptr.3d 863 (2006) – Held that an employee’s resignation while his administrative appeal was pending deprived the Civil Service Commission of jurisdiction;
- Shafer v. County of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deptartment, 106 Cal.App.4th 1388, 131 Cal.Rptr.2d 670 (2003) – Held that the Sheriff’s Department did not violate the Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights Act;
- Hanna v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 102 Cal.App.4th 887, 125 Cal.Rptr.2d 686 (2002) – Held that the Sheriff’s Department had a mandatory duty to reinstate a deputy under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937;
- City of Chino v. Jackson, 97 Cal.App.4th 377, 118 Cal.Rptr.2d 349 (2002) – Held that an express agreement of indemnification was not ambiguous and applied in favor of a contractor’s license bond surety;
- Office of the District Attorney v. Civil Service Commission (Larry Walls), 55 Cal.App.4th 187, 63 Cal.Rptr.2d 661 (1997) – Held that the Petitioner, a Deputy District Attorney, failed to establish racial discrimination by his employer;
- Shoemaker v. County of Los Angeles, 37 Cal.App.4th 618, 43 Cal.Rptr.2d 774 (1995) – Held that a physician’s removal from a chairman position at a private university did not represent “state action,” and thus did not require due process protections;
- Department of Health Services v. Civil Service Commission (Lorraine Murrell), 17 Cal.App.4th 487, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 428 (1993) – Held that the County Department of Health Services did not violate the Civil Service Rules in discharging employees;
- Carpenters Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Surety Company of the Pacific, 13 Cal.App.4th 1406, 18 Cal.Rptr.2d 661 (1993) – Held that an action by a fringe benefit trust against a contractor’s license bond surety was preempted by the Employee Retirement and income Security Act of 1974;
- Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks & Recreation v. Civil Service Commission (John Castaneda), 8 Cal.App.4th 273, 10 Cal.Rptr.2d 150 (1992) – Held that a Department of Parks and Recreation employee failed to demonstrate that he was subjected to racial discrimination by his employer;
- Colich & Sons v. Pacific Bell, 198 Cal.App.3d 1225, 244 Cal.Rptr. 714 (1988) – Held that a Public Utilities Commission tariff barred an action for equitable indemnity against Pacific Bell;