VITALY TARASOFF et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.
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July 1, 1976.
July 1, 1976.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
George Alexander McKray for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Robert E. Cartwright, Floyd A. Demanes, William H. Lally, Edward I. Pollock, Leonard Sacks, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Sanford M. Gage, Robert O. Angle and Melanie Bellah as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Ericksen, Ericksen, Lynch, Mackenroth & Arbuthnot, Ericksen, Ericksen, Lynch & Mackenroth, Ericksen, Ericksen, Lynch, Young & Mackenroth, William R. Morton, Richard G. Logan, Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, Hanna & Brophy and James V. Burchell for Defendants and Respondents.
Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, James E. Sabine, Assistant Attorney General, John M. Morrison and Thomas K. McGuire, Deputy Attorneys General, John H. Larson, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Daniel D. Mikesell, Jr., Deputy County Counsel, Richard J. Moore, County Counsel (Alameda), Charles L. Harrington, Deputy County Counsel, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, Kurt W. Melchior, Nicholas S. Freud and Jan. T. Chilton as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
TOBRINER, J.
On October 27, 1969, Prosenjit Poddar killed Tatiana Tarasoff.1 Plaintiffs, Tatiana's parents, allege that two months earlier Poddar confided his intention to kill Tatiana to Dr. Lawrence Moore, a psychologist employed by the Cowell Memorial Hospital at the University of California at Berkeley. They allege that on Moore's request, the campus police briefly detained Poddar, but released...
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