Prosecutors file new suit against Cooley

The union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors has filed a class-action lawsuit against District Attorney Steve Cooley, alleging his office committed "what amounts to identity theft" by obtaining a list of 650 prosecutors who supported the union, officials said Tuesday.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The lawsuit alleges Cooley's office obtained a highly confidential list of the prosecutors who supported the Association of Deputy District Attorneys and subsequently used the list to intimidate and harass them, damaging prosecutors' careers and prospects for advancement.

"This is an uprising of principled prosecutors who are seeking damages for the anti-union retaliation that has been inflicted upon them by the Cooley administration," said Matthew Monforton, a Bozeman, Mont., attorney representing the ADDA.