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UNION PACIFIC R.R. CO. v. STATE BD. OF EQUALIZATION

Docket No. S001602.

49 Cal.3d 138 (1989)

776 P.2d 267

260 Cal. Rptr. 565

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jay R. Martin, Peter W. Davis, John E. Carne, James C. Martin, Paul D. Fogel and Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Timothy G. Laddish and Calvin J. Abe, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

The State Board of Equalization (board) seeks to obtain from Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) portions of a confidential corporate plan that reveal Union Pacific's strategy for possible future acquisitions. Union Pacific refused to produce the information on the ground that it is not reasonably relevant to a legitimate inquiry by the board regarding assessment of Union Pacific's existing taxable...

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