CHRONICLE PUB. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 20432.

54 Cal.2d 548 (1960)

354 P.2d 637

7 Cal. Rptr. 109

THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, White & Cooper, Sheldon G. Cooper, George A. Helmer and W.J. Dowling, Jr., for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Victor E. Cappa, in pro. per., and Garrett H. Elmore for Real Parties in Interest.


BRAY, J. pro tem.*

Petitioners brought this proceeding in mandamus to compel the superior court (a) to vacate a minute order limiting the scope of a deposition, and (b) to require the State Bar and Jack A. Hayes, its secretary, to answer certain written interrogatories upon the taking of a deposition in a libel action.1

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