As expected, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in Solus Industrial Innovations, LLC v. Superior Court tomorrow morning. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.)
The issue in Solus is whether federal law preempts a district attorney’s attempt to recover civil penalties under California’s unfair competition law based on an employer’s violation of workplace safety standards that resulted in the deaths of two employees. (Sixth District Court of Appeal Justice Nathan Mihara is the pro tem.)
As mentioned when Solus was calendared for argument, this particular writ proceeding has been pending for a long time; it started more than five years ago.
The opinion can be viewed tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m.
