CONTRA COSTA NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A081220.

61 Cal.App.4th 862 (1998)

CONTRA COSTA NEWSPAPERS, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; GAYLE BISHOP, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

February 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hosie, Wes, Sacks & Brelsford, James F. Brelsford, Rachel A. Silvers and Nicole A. Wong for Petitioner.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Eugene W. Kaster and Michael D. O'Reilley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

THE COURT.*

Code of Civil Procedure section 206 provides safeguards against the unwanted disclosure of the identities of jurors in criminal cases. Its companion section 237 authorizes the sealing of records of juror identities based upon a showing of a "compelling interest." Can a trial court also issue a blanket order prohibiting "the press" from...

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