FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION OF No. 09-56026
ORANGE COUNTY, INC., D.C. No.
Plaintiff-Appellant, 8:07-cv-01301-AG-
v.
COUNTY OF ORANGE,
MLG
Central District of
Defendant-Appellee. California,
Santa Ana
ORDER
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Submission withdrawn June 29, 2010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
Filed December 19, 2011
Before: Stephen S. Trott and William A. Fletcher,
Circuit Judges, and James C. Mahan, District Judge.*
*The Honorable James C. Mahan, District Judge for the U.S. District
Court for Nevada, sitting by designation.
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21214 RETIRED EMPLOYEES v. COUNTY OF ORANGE
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.
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
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 pri-
ority to the appeal.
So ordered.
REMANDED.