SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS v. U.S. DIST. COURT

No. 99-70062.

187 F.3d 1096 (1999)

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, INC., Petitioner, v. U.S. DISTRICT COURT—NORTHERN DISTRICT (SAN JOSE), Respondent,

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Davis, Jr., Gray, Cary, Ware & Friedenrich, Palo Alto, California, for the petitioner.

Gregory E. Stubbs and H. Christopher Hittig, Stubbs, Hittig & Leone, San Francisco, California, for the City of Mountain View, real party in interest.

Vanessa A. Zecher, San Jose, California, for Lora Saldivar and Shannon Calby, real parties in interest.

Before: SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

The San Jose Mercury News, Inc. ("Mercury News") petitions for mandamus in an effort to gain access to an investigatory report commissioned by the City of Mountain View ("Mountain View") in connection with a sexual harassment suit brought by two female police officers ("Plaintiffs") against Mountain View and its police department ("Defendants"). In order to obtain the report, the Mercury News sought permissive intervention in the action before...

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