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TIMES MIRROR CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S014461.

53 Cal.3d 1325 (1991)

813 P.2d 240

283 Cal. Rptr. 893

TIMES MIRROR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Stephen J. Burns, Rex S. Heinke, Ragnhild Reif, Kelli L. Sager and Karen N. Fredericksen for Petitioner.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Edward P. Davis, Jr., Kevin M. Fong and Judy Alexander as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Robert L. Mukai, Chief Assistant Attorney General, N. Eugene Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Cathy A. Neff and Ted Prim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Parties in Interest.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and David L. Muir, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

This case arises out of a dilemma inherent in the very nature of a free and open society. An informed and enlightened electorate is essential to a representative democracy. Yet even democratic governments require some degree of confidentiality to ensure, among other things, a candid exchange of ideas and opinions among responsible officials. This tension inevitably leads...

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