Thursday, September 2, 1999
Service Employees Int'l Union, Local 16, AFL-CIO, v. Public Employee Relations Commission
No. 94,427

Place of Origin
Orange County
Facts
The Union filed a complaint against the Orange County clerk of court for allegedly firing a deputy court clerk for engaging in union activities protected by law if the participant is a "public employee." The complaint was dismissed on grounds that deputy clerks, like deputy sheriffs, are not "public employees" and thus are not protected. The Fifth District affirmed, but certified the case to the Supreme Court.