DE LANCIE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24095.

31 Cal.3d 865 (1982)

647 P.2d 142

183 Cal. Rptr. 866

MARLENE DE LANCIE et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; JOHN McDONALD, as Sheriff, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz, Thomas J. Nolan and Dorothy Glancy for Petitioners.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and Tom Lundy, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Keith C. Sorenson, District Attorney, James W. Foley and David A. Levy, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Parties in Interest.

James M. Cramer, District Attorney (San Bernardino), and Joseph A. Burns, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

THE COURT*.

Plaintiffs filed suit for injunctive and declaratory relief, challenging the alleged practice of the San Mateo County Sheriff and other county officials in monitoring and recording conversations of persons detained in county jail awaiting trial. The complaint alleged, inter alia, that the monitoring was not undertaken for security purposes, but rather was utilized primarily...

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