TAVERNETTI v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30895.

22 Cal.3d 187 (1978)

583 P.2d 737

148 Cal. Rptr. 883

THOMAS FREDRICK TAVERNETTI et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

September 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dean A. Goetz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Livingston, Grant, Stone & Kay, Laurence D. Kay, Maureen C. McGowan, Cronin & Cronin and Daniel J. Cronin for Petitioners.

Glen L. Moss, Moss & Murphy, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser and Amitai Schwartz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney, Peter C. Lehman, D. Michael Ebert and Richard D. Huffman, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Alan S. Meth and Jay M. Bloom, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

In this petition for writ of prohibition, we must decide whether a telephone company employee's conduct in intercepting private telephone conversations or in subsequently disclosing to law enforcement authorities the contents of such conversations violated either federal or state law concerning wiretapping and eavesdropping.

The following events gave rise to this prosecution: in November 1976 the Escondido...

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