PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B002193.

154 Cal.App.3d 14 (1984)

201 Cal. Rptr. 207

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; RICHARD GREENE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Selvin & Weiner and Paul P. Selvin for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Robert Gaylord Smith, Charles K. Wake and John D. Robertson for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

WOODS, P.J.

By petition for writ of mandate, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a nonparty to the underlying civil action, seeks to vacate a trial court order compelling it to produce in discovery all records and editorial materials in its possession concerning an interview of plaintiffs Richard Marin and Thomas Chong from which an article published in Playboy's monthly magazine was derived. Defendants below, Greene & Reynolds...

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