Westly
Westly v. CAL. PERS BD. OF ADMINISTRATION
Opinion
Opinion
Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Joseph Remcho, Robin B. Johansen, James C.
Harrison, San Francisco, & Miguel Marquez; Strumwasser & Woocher, Fredric D. Woocher, and Michael J. Strumwasser, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Elwood Lui, Jeffrey A. LeVee, Peter G. McAllen, and Emma Killick, Los Angeles; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Stephen J. Goodman, Washington, D.C.; California Public Employees' Retirement System, Peter Mixon, Deputy General Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.
Kathy M. Katano-Lee, Oakland, for Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association; Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, Harvey L. Leiderman, San Francisco, Ashley K. Dunning for Board of Retirement of Orange County Employees' Retirement System; Christopher W. Waddell for California State Teachers' Retirement System as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Appellants and Respondents.
BLEASE, Acting P.J.
At issue is the meaning of the provision of article XVI, section 17 of the California Constitution (Art. XVI, § 17), that grants the Board of Administration (the Board) of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) "plenary authority ... for ... administration of…