DICK WILLIAMS, as Sheriff, etc., Petitioner,
v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS, INC., Real Party in Interest.
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June 7, 1993.
June 7, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Cotkin, Collins & Franscell, Paul N. Paquette, Keith A. Fink and Scott A. Taryle for Petitioner.
Martin J. Mayer and Irving Berger as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Helsing & Wray, Mark Wray, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Peter W. Davis, John E. Carne, Erza Hendon, Thomas R. Burke and Valarie Mark for Real Party in Interest. Edward M. Chen, Carol Sobel, Harold W. Fuson, Judith L. Fanshaw, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Neil L. Shapiro as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
PANELLI, J.
This case requires us to interpret the California Public Records Act. (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq. [hereafter CPRA].)1 The particular provision at issue (§ 6254, subd. (f)) exempts law enforcement investigatory files from the act's general requirement of public disclosure. The underlying dispute arose out of a newspaper's request for access to a county sheriff's records of disciplinary...
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