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NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B105376.

52 Cal.App.4th 97 (1997)

NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent; JIM THOMAS, as Sheriff, etc., Real Party in Interest.

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

January 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Price, Postel & Parma, C. Michael Cooney and Adam Liptak for Petitioner.

Steven Shane Stark, County Counsel, and Stephen D. Underwood, Chief Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent and Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

STONE (S.J.), P.J.

Here we hold that, under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.),1 the sheriff is required to disclose the names of peace officers who fired shots at a citizen. We shall grant a writ of review.

On November 14, 1995, deputies from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department participated in a firefight in the unincorporated community of Orcutt...

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