A California judge will decide Wednesday whether to grant Tesla Inc.‘s request to halt proceedings in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the state’s civil rights agency, in a fight that has become a test of the powerful regulator’s authority.
The hearing is being closely watched by legal experts who said Tesla’s bid, which accuses California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing of violating its statutory limits, is unprecedented in the context of state enforcement actions and would impact current and future cases involving the agency.
Tesla’s motion is an unusual one and one that will have important ramifications, said Toni Jaramilla, a plaintiff’s attorney for civil rights and employment cases in Los Angeles.
“Everyone is watching this closely to see if Tesla succeeds,” Jaramilla said. “If they do, then every time there’s a complaint by the DFEH to prosecute an action, they’re going to challenge whatever the agency did in conducting its investigation.”
DFEH sued Tesla in February in Alameda County Superior Court alleging racial discrimination at its Fremont, Calif., plant. Tesla denied the allegations, accusing the agency in an April filing of bringing “sensationalized, press-grabbing litigation,” and asking the courtto put the lawsuit on hold while the company files a petition with the California Office of...
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