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MENENDEZ v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S017206.

3 Cal.4th 435 (1992)

834 P.2d 786

11 Cal. Rptr.2d 92

ERIK GALEN MENENDEZ et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Leslie H. Abramson, Howard W. Gillingham, Lewis A. Wenzell, Gerald L. Chaleff, Jill D. Lansing, Gigi Gordon and Michael N. Burt for Petitioners.

Milgrim, Thomajan & Lee, Daniel H. Willick, Hogan & Hartson, Clifford D. Stromberg, Jeffrey G. Schneider, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, George A. Cumming, Jr., and Thomas M. Peterson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Ira Reiner, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim, Donald J. Kaplan and Brent Riggs, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

We granted review in this matter to consider a claim of the psychotherapist-patient privilege. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the claim must be sustained in part and rejected in part.

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