NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B045565.

218 Cal.App.3d 1579 (1990)

268 Cal. Rptr. 21

NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent; GOLETA WATER DISTRICT, Real Party in Interest.

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

March 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Price, Postel & Parma, C. Michael Cooney and David K. Hughes for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Wayne K. Lemieux, Dorothy Lou Crisp, Robert E. Goodwin and Russell Ruiz for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

STONE (S.J.), J.

Does a newspaper have the right to the names and addresses of a water district's customers who exceeded their water allocation after implementation of a water rationing ordinance? We conclude that the mere assertion by the water district of possible harassment or physical endangerment does not "clearly outweigh" the public interest in disclosure of these records. We further conclude that the superior court...

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