GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 19317.

45 Cal.2d 897 (1955)

291 P.2d 945

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; AFFILIATED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooley, Crowley, Gaither, Godward, Castro & Huddleson and Everett A. Mathews for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Butterworth & Smith, Dudley H. Nebeker, Edward L. Butterworth, Leonard S. Wolf and F. Walton Brown for Real Party in Interest.


SHENK, J.

This proceeding in prohibition was commenced by the General Electric Company to prevent the enforcement by the respondent superior court of its order requiring the petitioner to produce certain of its books and records for inspection by the real party in interest, the Affiliated Government Employees Distributing Company, Inc. The order was made pursuant to discovery procedures (Code Civ. Proc., § 1000) in an action by the petitioner for an injunction...

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