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CITY OF SANTA ROSA v. PRESS DEMOCRAT

Docket No. A032965.

187 Cal.App.3d 1315 (1986)

232 Cal. Rptr. 445

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PRESS DEMOCRAT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

December 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rene Auguste Chouteau, City Attorney, Bruce Leavitt and Brien J. Farrell, Assistant City Attorneys, and Suzanne C. Rawlings, Deputy City Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert J. Faux, Ryersen, Comstock & Faux, Robert Y. Bell and Kenneth A. Richieri for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

In this appeal we confront the novel question whether a city may maintain an action for declaratory relief to determine its obligation to disclose the contents of a police report in response to a request by a local newspaper for disclosure under the California Public Records Act. (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.1) We will conclude that the trial court acted properly in sustaining...

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