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BRIAN W. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30765.

20 Cal.3d 618 (1978)

574 P.2d 788

143 Cal. Rptr. 717

BRIAN W., a Minor, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

February 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, John J. Gibbons, Dennis A. Fischer, Kenneth I. Clayman, Elizabeth Ann Maloney and Albert J. Menaster, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

John H. Larson, County Counsel, and John P. Farrell, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert S. Warren and Rex S. Heinke as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

No appearance for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

We confront in a new context the frequently recurring conflict between the media and the judiciary, the two "institutions pedestaled in fragile loneliness by the Constitution" (Simons & Califano, The Media and the Law (1976) p. 1). Most controversies in this arena arise as a result of abrasive court orders to the press seeking revelation of confidential sources, preventing the gathering of information, or imposing...

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