• Plaintiffs' counsel in Brinker receive CLAY Awards (March 2013)

• Opinion in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court, 53 Cal.4th 1004 (2012)

• Docket in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court

Blog Posts

• Thursday, January 17, 2013:
  Supreme Court depublishes another post-Brinker opinion: Tien v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

• Friday, December 14, 2012
  Supreme Court depublishes two post-Brinker opinions: Lamps Plus Overtime Cases and Hernandez v. Chipotle Mexican Grill

• Monday, August 06, 2012
  "Brinker v. Superior Court: Takeaways for California Workers"

Brinker Briefs

• (Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum), no. S166350)

• Oral Argument, November 8, 2011, 9:00 a.m.

Merits Briefs

• Opening Brief on the Merits (filed 01/22/09)

• Answer Brief on the Merits (filed 05/01/09)

• Supplemental Brief on Marlo v. UPS (filed by Brinker 06/02/09)

• Overlength Reply Brief on the Merits (dated 07/06/09; not accepted by Court for filing)

• Reply Brief on the Merits (filed 07/20/09)

• Supplemental Brief on Martinez v. Combs (filed by Real Parties 07/22/11)

• Supplemental Brief on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (filed by Brinker 07/26/11)

• Supplemental Brief on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (filed by Real Parties 10/24/11)

• Supplemental Brief on Nguyen v. Baxter Healthcare (filed by Brinker 12/20/11)

Answers to Amicus Briefs

• Real Parties’ Omnibus Answer to Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Petitioner (filed 10/08/09)

• Brinker’s Consolidated Answer to Amicus Briefs (filed 10/08/09)

• Brinker's Answer to Amicus Curiae Brief of Rogelio Hernandez (filed 03/30/11)

• Real Parties' Opposition to Application of California Employment Law Council to File Post-Argument Amicus Brief (filed 12/02/11)

• Real Parties' Answer to California Employment Law Council's Post-Argument Amicus Brief (filed 01/03/12)

• Brinker's Answer to California Employment Law Council's Post-Argument Amicus Brief (filed 01/04/12)

• Real Parties' Reply to Brinker's Answer to California Employment Law Council's Post-Argument Amicus Brief (filed 01/13/12)

• Brinker's Reply to Real Parties' Answer to California Employment Law Council's Post-Argument Amicus Brief (filed 01/13/12)

Amicus Briefs

• Amicus Curiae Brief of Moory Brookler  (filed 03/30/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amicus Brief of California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO (filed 07/30/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amicus Curiae Brief of California Employment Law Council (filed 08/18/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of TechNet (filed 08/18/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of Chinese Daily News, Inc. (filed 08/18/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (filed 08/19/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of California Automotive Business Coalition (filed 08/19/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amici Curiae Brief of American Trucking Association, Inc. and California Trucking Association (filed 08/19/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of Impact Fund, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Equtal Rights Advocates, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Public Advocates, and Women’s Employment Rights Clinic of Golden Gate University School of Law (filed 08/19/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amici Curiae Brief of Miles Locker (former DLSE Chief Counsel) and Barry Broad (former IWC Commissioner) (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amicus Brief of Gelasio Salazar and Saad Shammas (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amicus Brief of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amici Curiae Brief of the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amici Curiae Brief of California Employment Lawyers Association and Consumer Attorneys of California (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amicus Brief of the Civil Justice Association of California (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of Employers Group, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amici Curiae Brief of Association of Corporate Counsel et al. (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Brief of Associated General Contractors of California(filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amicus Curiae Brief of Worksafe, Inc. (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amici Curiae Brief of the National Retail Federation et al. (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the employer)

• Amici Curiae Brief of the Alameda County Central Labor Council et al. (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amici Curiae Brief of Bet Tzedek Legal Services et al. (filed 08/26/09) (in support of the workers)

• Amicus Curiae Brief of Rogelio Hernandez (filed 02/24/11) (in support of the workers)

• Post-Argument Amicus Curiae Brief of California Employment Law Council (filed 12/02/11) (in support of the employer)

Petition for Review

• Petition for Review (filed 08/29/08)

• Answer to Petition for Review (filed 09/18/08)

• Reply to Answer to Petition for Review (filed 09/29/08)

• Order Granting Review (filed 10/22/08)

Amicus Letters in Support of Review

• Amicus Letter of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO (dated 08/29/08)

• Amicus Letter of California Legislators Perata, Bass, Migden and Swanson (dated 09/02/08)

• Amicus Letter of Alameda County Central Labor Council et al. (dated 09/05/08)

• Amicus Letter of Wally Knox (former California State Assemblyman and author of AB 60) (dated 09/08/08)

• Amicus Letter of Consumer Attorneys of California (dated 09/10/08)

• Amicus Letter of California Employment Lawyers Association (dated 09/10/08)

• Amicus Letter of Barry Broad (former member of the Industrial Welfare Commission) (dated 09/11/08)

• Amicus Letter of Gelasio Salazar, Saad Shammas and Putative Class (dated 09/11/08)

• Amicus Letter of Miles E. Locker (former Chief Counsel for the Labor Commissioner) (dated 09/12/08)

• Amicus Letter of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli (dated 09/16/08)

• Amicus Letter of the Impact Fund et al. (dated 09/22/08)

• Amicus Letter of Moory Brookler and Putative Class (dated 09/22/08)

• Amicus Letter of California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (dated 09/26/08)

• Amicus Letter of California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (dated 09/29/08)

• Amicus Letter of Worksafe, Inc. (dated 09/29/08)

Oral argument in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court
(Nov. 8, 2011)