Martori Bros. Distributors v. James-Massengale, JAMES-MASSENGALE
| Decision Date | 12 June 1986 |
| Docket Number | Nos. 84-6137,JAMES-MASSENGALE,84-6274 and 84-6275,s. 84-6137 |
| Citation | 791 F.2d 799 |
| Parties | MARTORI BROS. DISTRIBUTORS, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Jyrl, et al., Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Hersh & Stoll, Wayne A. Hersh, Charley M. Stoll, Alan J. Saxe, Newport Beach Cal., for plaintiffs/appellants/cross-appellees.
Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, A Professional Corp., Robert K. Carrol, Scott A. Wilson, Samuel F. Hoffman, San Francisco, Cal., for Mario Sikhon, Inc.
Daniel G. Stone, Sol. of the Bd., Nancy C. Smith, Cathy Christian, Deputy Sol. Agricultural Labor Relations Bd., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants/appellees/cross-appellants.
Before BARNES and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * District Judge.
The opinion filed in this case on January 30, 1986, as amended April 1, 1986, 781 F.2d 1349, is further amended as follows:
The paragraph beginning with "We have made it clear ...," 781 F.2d at 1355, and ending with , at 1356, is deleted and replaced by:
We recognize that the state's interest in the ALRA is substantial. The Act itself explicitly and eloquently sets forth California's interest:
Sec. 1. In enacting this legislation the people of the State of California seek to ensure peace in the agricultural fields by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in labor relations.
This enactment is intended to bring certainty and a sense of fair play to a presently unstable and potentially volatile condition in the state. The Legislature recognizes that no law in itself resolves social injustice and economic dislocations.
However, in the belief the people affected desire a resolution to this dispute and will make a sincere effort to work through the procedures established in this legislation, it is the hope of the Legislature that farm laborers, farmers, and all the people of California will be served by the provisions of this Act.
Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, Cal.Stats. 1975, Third Extraordinary Session, c. 1 Sec. 1 at 4013.
The ALRA furthers California's policy of promoting freedom of association, "free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor ..." Cal.Lab.Code Sec. 1140.2 (West Supp.1986).
However, we have made it clear that our "unflagging obligation" to exercise federal jurisdiction precludes expansion of the Younger doctrine except in extraordinary circumstances. Miofsky v. Superior Court, 703 F.2d 332, 338 (9th Cir.1983); see also Mobil Oil Corp. v. City of Long Beach, 772 F.2d 534, 542 (9th Cir.1985); Silberkleit v. Kantrowitz, 713 F.2d 433, 435 (9th Cir.1983). We have previously declined to extend Younger' § reach to encompass other concededly important interests. See Champion International Corp. v. Brown, 731 F.2d 1406 (9th Cir.1984) (...
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