Retired Employees Association v. County of Orange, No. 09-56026 (9th Cir. 2011)

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FILED DEC 19 2011 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY, INC., Plaintiff - Appellant, No. 09-56026 D.C. No. 8:07-cv-01301-AG-MLG Central District of California, Santa Ana v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, ORDER Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Andrew J. Guilford, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted June 10, 2010 Pasadena, California Submission withdrawn June 29, 2010 Resubmitted December 16, 2011 Before: TROTT and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and MAHAN, District Judge.* PER CURIAM * The Honorable James C. Mahan, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for Nevada, sitting by designation. This court has now received an answer from the California Supreme Court to the question certified to that court. See Retired Employees Assoc. of Orange County v. County of Orange, 52 Cal.4th 1171 (2011). We remand this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the answer provided by the California Supreme Court. In light of the nature of the dispute in this case, and in light of the delay that has already taken place, we encourage the district court to act promptly. In the event of another appeal, this panel will retain jurisdiction and will give scheduling priority to the appeal. So ordered. REMANDED. 2 COUNSEL Michael P. Brown, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the Plaintiff-Appellant. Arthur Anthony Hartinger, Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, Oakland, California, for the Defendant-Appellee. 3

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