O'GRADY v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. H028579.

44 Cal.Rptr.3d 72 (2006)

139 Cal.App.4th 1423

Jason O'GRADY et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Santa Clara County, Respondent; Apple Computer, Inc., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

May 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Richard R. Wiebe, Richard R. Wiebe, Berman DeValerio, San Francisco, Tomlinson Zisko, Thomas E. Moore, III, Palo Alto, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kurt B. Opsahl, Kevin S. Bankston, Los Angeles, for Petitioner Jason O'Grady et al.

O'Melveny & Myers, George A. Riley, David R. Eberhart, Dhaivat H. Shah, San Francisco, James A. Bowman, Los Angeles, Ian N. Ramage, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest Apple Computer Inc.

Thomas W. Newton, San Francisco, James W. Ewert, for Amicus Curiae for Petitioner California Newspaper Publishers Assoc.

Lucy D. Dalglish, Gregg P. Leslie, Grant D. Penord, for Amicus Curiae for Petitioner Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Center for Internet & Society, Lauren Gelman, Stanford, for Amicus Curiae for Petitioner Center for Internet & Society.

Paumilia & Adamec, Justene Adamec, Pasadena, WLF The Williams Law Firm, J. Craig Williams, Newport Beach, Enterprise Counsel Group, Jeffrey Lewis, Benjamin P. Pugh, Irvine, for Amicus Curiae for Petitioner Bear Flag League.

Akin Gump Strauss Hart & Feld, Elizabeth H. Rader, San Francisco, for Amicus Curiae for Petitioner United States Internet Society et al.

Keker & Van Nest, Michael D. Celio, Steven A. Hirsch, Clement S. Roberts, San Francisco, for Amicus Curiae for Real Party in Interest Genetech, Inc.

Ann Brick, San Francisco, for Amicus Curiae for Real Party in Interest ACLU.

Perkins Coie Brown & Bain, Dan L. Bagatell, Joel W. Nomkin, Phoenix, AZ, Covington & Burling, Sonja D. Winner, San Francisco, for Amicus Curiae for Real Party in Interest Intel Corp., et al.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart, etc., Robert W. Stone, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Redwood Shores, for Amicus Curiae for Real Party in Interest Information Technology Industry Council.


RUSHING, P.J.

Apple Computer, Inc. (Apple), a manufacturer of computer hardware and software, brought this action alleging that persons unknown caused the wrongful publication on the World Wide Web of Apple's secret plans to release a device that would facilitate the creation of digital live sound recordings on Apple computers. In an effort to identify the source of the disclosures, Apple sought and obtained authority to issue civil subpoenas to the publishers of...

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