MICHAEL v. GATES

Docket No. B078695.

38 Cal.App.4th 737 (1995)

45 Cal. Rptr.2d 163

ROBERT MICHAEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DARYL GATES, as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

September 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Matthew R. Rutherford for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James K. Hahn, Frederick N. Merkin and Arthur B. Walsh for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

ARMSTRONG, J.

This case presents issues regarding the application of Penal Code section 832.7, Evidence Code section 1043, and the constitutional right to privacy to a novel factual situation. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether, when a former police officer testifies against a police department in a lawsuit, the law enforcement agency which employed the officer may allow its lawyer to review the officer's personnel...

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