# Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

> California Supreme Court · May 20, 1982 · 31 Cal. 3d 715

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9845471

## Case

- **Full name:** ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY Et Al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CARMAN ARVIZU Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 20, 1982
- **Citations:** 31 Cal. 3d 715; 182 Cal. Rptr. 778; 644 P.2d 1257; 47 Cal. Comp. Cases 500; 1982 Cal. LEXIS 182
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Newman
- **Judges:** Richardson, Bird
- **Cited by:** 20 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

*729 NEWMAN, J.
I concur in the result but do not agree with the majority’s suggestion that “the Legislature may not go beyond the precise terms of the constitutional enabling provisions — except, perhaps, that it may use its plenary or police powers to promote the overall purposes of the workers’ compensation scheme.” (Cf. my dissent in Hustedt v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (1981) 30 Cal.3d 329, 349-352 [ 178 Cal.Rptr. 801 , 636 P.2d 1139 ].)

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