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HAMMARLEY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 17950.

89 Cal.App.3d 388 (1979)

153 Cal. Rptr. 608

JOHN HAMMARLEY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; ALFRED RICHARD SOSA et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, William B. Shubb, John V. Diepenbrock and Charity Kenyon for Petitioner.

Van Bourg, Allen, Weinberg & Roger, Victor Van Bourg, William B. Sokol, Roland E. Blubaugh, Daniel I. O'Neill, Wilson & Wong, Geoffrey P. Wong, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore B. Olson, Rosenthal & Leff and Irwin Leff as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Kenneth M. Wells, Public Defender, Kathryn K. Mader, Ernest F. Winters and Michael Anthony Delia, in pro. per., for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

PUGLIA, P.J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of review to annul a contempt judgment for refusing an order of respondent court to comply with a subpoena duces tecum. The threshold issue presented by this proceeding is the scope of protection accorded by Evidence Code section 1070 to information acquired by a newsman in the course of his professional activities which has not been disseminated to the public. (Hereinafter all statutory...

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