Weber
Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. Weber
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ALLIANCE FOR FAIR BOARD No. 2:21-cv-01951-JAM-AC
RECRUITMENT,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S Plaintiff, MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 10 v. 11 SHIRLEY N. WEBER, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of California, Defendant. 15 Before the Court is the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment’s (“Plaintiff”) motion for summary judgment against Shirley N. Weber (“Defendant”), in her official capacity as California’s Secretary of State. See Mot. for Summary Judgment (“Mot”), ECF No. 88. Plaintiff alleges that California Assembly Bill No. 979, which, in part, requires publicly held corporations located in California to have a minimum number of directors from designated underrepresented racial, ethnic and LGBTQ backgrounds, violates the Equal Protection Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Id. at 9-10. Defendant opposes the motion, asserting that AB 979 satisfies strict scrutiny or, in the alternative, should have its 27 …