SACRAMENTO NEWSPAPER GUILD v. SACRAMENTO CTY. BD.

Docket No. 11685.

263 Cal.App.2d 41 (1968)

69 Cal. Rptr. 480

SACRAMENTO NEWSPAPER GUILD, LOCAL 92 of THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER GUILD, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

June 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Heinrich, County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Harold W. Kennedy and John D. Maharg, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Clarence H. Langstaff, Assistant County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

William P. Smith, Jr., and Richard A. Case for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Flint & MacKay, Edward L. Compton and Lon R. Clearwaters as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


FRIEDMAN, J.

At the behest of plaintiff Newspaper Guild the trial court issued a preliminary injunction restraining the Sacramento County board of supervisors and its committees from holding any closed meeting at which three or more members were present except under the statutory exceptions for personnel and national security matters. The lawsuit was premised upon asserted violations of California's public meeting law, known as the Brown Act. (Gov. Code, §§...

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