california hospital association's petition to confirm arbitration award vs. seiu-uhw 06-16-2016

7/26/2019 California Hospital Association's Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award vs. SEIU-UHW 06-16-2016

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Kirschner. Jr. (State Bar No. 122502)

MatthewJ.Silveira(State Bar No. 264250)

Kelsev Israel-Trummel (State Bar No. 282272)

JONES DAY

555

Califomia

Street. 26th Floor

San Francisco. CA 94104

Telephone: (415)626-3939

Facsimile:

(415) 875-5700

Email:

ck irschner@ J onesDay.com

msilveira(il JonesDay.com

kitrummel(@JonesDay.com

JeffrevA . Levee (State Bar No. 125863)

JONES DAY

555 South Flower Street.

Fif t ieth

Floor

Los

Angeles. CA 90071

Telephone: (213)489-3939

Facsimile:

(213) 243-2539

Email: jlevee()JonesDay.com

.Attomevsfor Petitioner

C A L I F O R N I A

HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

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C O U N T V O F

S A C R A M E N T O

C A L I F O R N I A HOSPITAL

ASSOCIATION.

Petitioner,

SEIU,

U N I T E D HEALTHCAREWORKERS

-WEST.

Respondent.

Case

No.

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P E T I T I O N E R C A L I F O R N I A

H O S P I T A L

A S S O C I A T I O N S

N O T I C E

O F P E T I T I O N TOC O N F I R M

A R B I T R A T I O N

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T H E R E O F

[FiledConcurrentlyw i t h Petition to

Confirm]

Date:

Time:

Dept:

Judge:

June24.2016

2:00 p.m.

53

Hon. David

1.

Brown

Scheduled to be heard on shortened time

pursuant toJune 14. 2016 Order

Shortening Time

Petition

Filed:

Januarv 26.2016

CIIA

NOTICE

OF PET.TO

CONFIRM

. W D M M .OFP&. \ :Case

No.

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1OA LLPAR IES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT onJune24. 2016 at 2:00 p.m. inDepartment53

ofthe

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above-entitled court.

located;it 720 9thStreet.

Sacramento.

Califomia.beforetheHonorable

4 David 1. Brown,PetitionerCALIFORNIAHOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ("CHA")wi l l , and

herebydoes,

petition thc Court to confinn the arbitrationaward

issued

and

serv

ed onJune6,

6 2016.

pursuant

to Califomia

Code

ofCivi l

Procedure

section 1285.

7 CH.A's Petition is

based

onthisNotice of Petition, theaccompanyingPetition to Confimi,

8 theMemorandumofPointsand Authorities, anduponall

such

other

matters

and

arguments

as

9 may bepresentedto the Court at or prior to thehearingon

this

Petition. It is

scheduled

to be

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heard

on

shortened

time as provided in theCourt'sJune14. 2016Order,

attached hereto

as

Exhibit A.

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Dated: June 16, 2016 Jones Dav

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F. Curt Kirschner. Jr.

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Attomeys forPetitioner

' CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

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1 M E M O R A N D U M

OF POINTS

A ND AUTHORITIES

2 I .

ST.\TEMENT

OF FACTS

3 On March 14. 2016. this Court granted Petitioner

California

Ho.spital Association's

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("CHA")

Petition to Compel

Arbitration, finding

that the parties had entered into a

valid

5 arbitration

agreement

and ordering

CHA

and

Respondent

SEIU.

United Healthcare Workers -

6 West

("UHW")

to arbitrate their dispute regarding the Hospital Executive Compensation Act of

7 2016 (the '"2016 Executive Compensation

Initiative")

before

.Arbitrator

Richard

L.

Aheam.

8 (Order Granting Petition to Compel

Arbitration

[Mar.

14. 2016].) The arbitration hearing

9 commenced on

Apr i l

13, 2016. but was adjoumed on

Apr i l

14. 2016 to pennit extensive

10 discovery. (See Pet. to

Confinn.

Attach. 8(c)

[Award]

at p. 1.)

Arbitration

hearings resumed on

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May 6, 2016, and continued on May 7, 11. 12. and 13th. (See

ibid.) Following

the close of

12 evidence, both parties submitted exten.sive post-hearing briefs and

UHW

sought and was given

13 pennission to

file

a supplemental reply

brief (See/t7.

at pp. 1-2.) OnJune6, 2016, the

Arbitrator

14 issued an opinion and partial

final

award

prohibiting UHW

and itsagents

from

pursuing,

15 sponsoring or supporting the 2016 Executive Compensation

Initiative,which

required UHW and

16 itsagentsto immediately withdraw the 2016 Executive Compensation

Initiative from

the ballot

17

qualification

process

and take any other

actsnecessary

to terminate their pursuit, sponsorship, or

18 support of that

initiative

(the

"Avvard").

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pany challenging an arbitration award to establish error or impropnety. [Citations.] In the

absence

of such a showing there is no

cause

to deny

confirmation

ofthe award.

[Citations.]"].)'

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CH.A

is not aware of any colorable grounds tor vacatur oftheAward.

.All

arguments

4 i bearing any connection to the statutory grounds for \ acating an arbitration award that UHW has

presented todate have beenrejected by this Court and denied review by the Court of .Appeals or

6 were thoroughly analyzed and rejected by the

.Arbitrator.

(See Order Granting Petition to Compel

7

Arbitration [Mar.

14.

2016];

OrderDenyingPetition for

Writ

of Mandate

[Apr.

8.

2016]:

Pet. to

8

Contlrtn. Attach.

8(c)

[Award]

at pp. 30-39.)

9 The fact that theAwardincludes

injunctiverelief

doesnotmodifythe presumptive

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standardsfor

enforcement oftheAvvard. Substantively, an award of

injunctiverelief

talis

w ithin

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an arbitrator's "wide discretion ... to fashionajust remedy,includingequitablereliefthat a court

12 may not grant, as long as the remedy isrationallyrelated to the contract and the breach."' (Swan

Magnetics. Inc. v. Superior Court (1997) 56Cal..App.4tli1504. 1511 [citations and internal

quotation

marks

omitted].)

Thearbitrationagreement in thisca.se

did

not place any

limitations

on

15 theArbitrator'sauthority, but in.stead provided that he

would

"resolve any disputes over the

16 application and interpretation of

[the

Code]" and

have"final

and

binding

authority to enforce [the

17 Code] and resolve

issues

that rise

during"

its course. (Pet. to

Conf imi ,

Attach.

4(b) [Code of

18 Conduct] 111(B).) Procedurally, "an arbitrator, in order to provide a proper remedy for,the

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prevailing

party, may resolve certain

critical

areasof

a

dispute in a 'partial

final

award' but

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reservejurisdiction

to later decide, by a

' f i na l

award,'

issueswhich wil l likely

arise as a result of

21 the implementation of that remedy.'' (Highiower v.Superior Court (2001) 86Cal.App.4th1415,

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original].)

Partial

final

awards are immediatelyconfirmable.(/c/. at 1420.)

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CHA

understandsUHW will

be

petitioning

to

vacate

theAward.

CFIA will

respond to

any argumentsmadeinUHW's petitionpursuant to the schedule included in the Court's order

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brieiing

and hearing schedule in this matter.

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NOTICE

OF PET. TO

CONFIRM

AND MK.M. OF

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Forthese reasons,CHA's PetitiontoConfinnshouldbegranted.

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Dated:June

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2016

JONESDAY

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F. Curt Kirschner. Jr

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Attomeys for

Petitioner

6 CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

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Bar No.

264250)

Keiscv

Israel-Trummel (Sl.nc

Bar Nu.

282272)

JONES D.AY

555 CalifomiaStreet, 26th Floor

San Fran cisco. C.A 9410 4

felephonc:

(415)626-3939

F.icsimile: (415)875-5700

Emai l : ck i rschnerwJonesDay.com

msilveirai JonesDay.com

kiirummei{2iJonesDay.com

JefTrev

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LeVee

(State Bar No.125863)

JONES DAY

555

South

Flower

Street.

Fi(tie(h Floor

LosAngeles.CA 90071

Telephone: (213)489-3939

Facsimile:

(213)

243-2539

Email: 1 eveefa)J on es Day.c om

Attomevs

forPetitioner

CAt - i r O R N I A

HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

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SUPERIOR C O U RT O F T H E S T AT E O F C A LIFO RN IA

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.

Petitioner.

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SEIU, UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS

- WEST,

Respondent.

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Date:

Time:

Dept.:

Judge:

June 15. 2016

9:00 a.m.

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Hon. David L. Brown

Petition Filed:

January

26, 2016

IPROPOSEDI ORDER SHORTENING

TIME;

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This mailer

came

before

ihc Cmiri on

Petiiioner

California Hospital

Association

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Parle

Applicafion l or An

Order Shortening

Time

On

Petitions

To Conllrm And

Vacate

.Arbitration Award. Goodcauseappearing,theCourt

hereby

GRANTS CHA s Fix

Parte

Application and ORDERSas fbllows:

1. CH Ashall file itsPetition to Co.nfirm and SEIU, United HealthcareWorkers -

West. 'UHW")shall fileitsPetition to

Vacate

onJune16. 2016. Each

party

shall

serve

a

cs.py

of

its Peiition oncounsel lor theotherby

personal

deliveryorelectronicmail. r'/*^' - '

2. Each

party

shall

file

any

response

to the

other's

petition on orbefore

June

2^, 2016 j

at 9:00 a.m. Each

party

shall

serve

a

copy

of any

response

oncounsel for theotherby

personal

y to

Depanment

S Z J M- I f / H - ^ ' 'elivery or electronic mail, and shall deliver a courtesy copy to Depanm ent 53AJ^j

3. A hearing on the cro.ss-petitions is set for June 24. 2016a atzn. p m in

Departme nt 53. \

4. Counsel tor CHA is Ordered to immediately ser\c a copy ofthis Order by pcrscnal j

~d'eliver> oTeleclrofficmail~on counseTTor UHW" \

IT IS SOORDERED. I

Dated:

June

15. 2016

Hon. Dav idL . Brown

Superior

Court

Judge

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