BRITT v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30786.

20 Cal.3d 844 (1978)

574 P.2d 766

143 Cal. Rptr. 695

ROGER A. BRITT et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

March 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fadem, Berger & McIntire, Fadem, Berger, McIntire & Norton, Michael M. Berger and Gregory M. Bergman for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Louis E. Goebel, Michael Scott Gatzke and Walter J. Cummings III for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

In this case we must determine the constitutional validity of a judicial discovery order which compels numerous individuals, plaintiffs in the underlying litigation, to disclose extensive and intimate details of both their own and others' activities in various local political associations. The trial court refused to honor plaintiffs' request for a protective order to safeguard their associational privacy and instead...

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