County’s public retirement system brought action against employee associations for declaratory relief that, when calculating final compensation for retirement benefits, it had legal authority to exclude accrued, but unused, hours of annual leave exceeding employees’ calendar year allowance.
Retiree filed cross-complaint for declaratory relief, and county filed a complaint in intervention. The Superior Court granted summary adjudication in favor of system. Employee associations appealed, and the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed. The Supreme Court granted review.