CBS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 43117.

85 Cal.App.3d 241 (1978)

149 Cal. Rptr. 421

CBS, INC., Petitioner v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; DAVID E. POLLARD et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

October 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John B. Purcell, Robert A. Mackey, Herbert M. Schoenberg, O'Melveny & Meyers, William W. Vaughn, Raymond P. Hermann, Dean M. Weiner, B. Boyd Hight and John W. Stamper for Petitioner.

Jonathan Kotler as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Sheldon Portman, Public Defender, John L. Williams, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, and Joseph A. Mecia for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

NEWSOM, J.

Petitioner CBS seeks a writ of prohibition commanding the respondent Superior Court of Santa Clara County to set aside its order denying petitioner's motion to quash the real parties in interests' subpoena duces tecum for media materials, and to grant the motion.

The procedural background of the case is essentially as follows.

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