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VINSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24932.

43 Cal.3d 833 (1987)

740 P.2d 404

239 Cal. Rptr. 292

KATHERINE VINSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joan Messing Graff, Robert Barnes, Chris Redburn and Patricia A. Shiu for Petitioner.

Joseph Posner, Judith E. Kurtz, Nancy L. Davis, Beth H. Parker, Alana L. Bowman, Lorraine L. Loder, Susan E. Nash, Peggy Ruffra, Alan L. Schlosser, Margaret C. Crosby, Edward M. Chen, John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marian M. Johnston and Louis Verdugo, Jr., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Eugene Brown, Jr., Christina H. Jones and Hardin, Cook, Loper, Engel & Bergez for Real Parties in Interest.

Kurt W. Melchior, A. Megan Evans and Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

The plaintiff in a suit for sexual harassment and intentional infliction of severe emotional distress petitions for a writ of mandate and/or prohibition to direct respondent court to forbid her pending psychiatric examination, or in the alternative to protect her from any inquiry into her sexual history, habits, or practices. She also requests that her attorney be allowed to attend the examination if it is held. We...

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