WHITE v. DAVIS

Docket No. L.A. 30348.

13 Cal.3d 757 (1975)

533 P.2d 222

120 Cal. Rptr. 94

HAYDEN V. WHITE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EDWARD M. DAVIS, as Chief of Police, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, John D. O'Loughlin and Jill Jakes for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Burt Pines, City Attorney, John T. Neville, Assistant City Attorney, Robert E. Shannon and Burk M. Wiedner, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Do the state and federal Constitutions permit police officers, posing as students, to enroll in a major university and engage in the covert practice of recording class discussions, compiling police dossiers and filing "intelligence" reports, so that the police have "records" on the professors and students? Is this "intelligence gathering" by the police covering discussions in university classes and in public and...

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