DAILY JOURNAL CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S072133.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 623 (1999)

979 P.2d 982

20 Cal.4th 1117

DAILY JOURNAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Orange County, Defendant and Respondent; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants; Robert L. Citron Et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Paul S. Meyer, Paul S. Meyer, Costa Mesa; Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, Robert G. Morvillo, John T. Tigue, Jr., Richard D. Weinberg, Diana D. Parker, New York, NY; Morrison & Foerster and Dan Marmalefsky, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest and Appellant Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

William W. Larsen, Assistant District Attorney (Santa Clara); Michael D. Bradbury, Lawrence G. Brown and George M. Palmer for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Appellant Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Audrey Strauss, New York, NY, and Stephen D. Alexander, for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants Grand Jury Witnesses John Does 1-28.

McCambridge, Deixler & Marmaro, Richard Marmaro, Michael A. Firestein and Jonathan E. Rich, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest and Appellant Grand Jury Witness John Doe II.

John T. Philipsborn, San Francisco, for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest and Appellants Grand Jury Witnesses John Does 1-28.

Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli L. Sager, Karen N. Fredericksen, Steven J. Westman, Los Angeles, and Rochelle L. Wilcox, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

David W. Wiechert, Costa Mesa, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Robert L. Citron.

Hennigan, Mercer & Bennett, J. Michael Hennigan, Robert L. Palmer, Los Angeles, and Lawrence C. Jones, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Thomas W. Hayes.

No appearance for Respondent Superior Court.

Michael R. Capizzi, District Attorney (Orange) and Gregory J. Robischon, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae.


MOSK, J.

As part of its investigation into the circumstances leading to Orange County's filing for bankruptcy in December 1994, the Orange County Grand Jury conducted a criminal investigation of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (hereafter Merrill Lynch), in connection with its role in underwriting several debt offerings in Orange County during the summer of 1994. The criminal investigation ended without indictments after a civil settlement between Merrill Lynch and the...

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