GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL; RES JUDICATA – In General

Single Topic for Decision 2660S

View all topics for Decision 2660S

Full Decision Text (click on the link to view): Full Text

Court of Appeal decision involving an anti-SLAPP motion in a related state court action did not collaterally estop the Board from deciding whether correctional officers were entitled to representation under NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. (1975) 420 U.S. 251, 256. In anti-SLAPP motions, the factual record is inherently limited because the filing of a notice of motion immediately suspends all discovery in the action, absent a court order. Accordingly, the union could not have fully litigated the Weingarten issue to the extent it did before PERB. (p. 32.)