SACRAMENTO — Asked by lawmakers to recast awards in so-called mixed-motive discrimination cases, Governor Jerry Brown declined on Thursday, declaring that his most recent Supreme Court appointee, Justice Goodwin Liu, had done a fine job with that already.
Brown vetoed Senate Bill 655 and in doing so effectively cemented the high court’s February ruling in Harris v. City of Santa Monica. Writing for the court in the 6-0 decision, Liu said that a workplace firing based on both discrimination and legitimate reasons can trigger attorney fees and declaratory or injunctive relief for a plaintiff but not damages, back pay or reinstatement.
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