Elgin HAYNIE, Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent;
County of Los Angeles, Real Party in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 1, 2001.
October 1, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Adam Axelrad, Robert Mann, Donald W. Cook; Litt and Associates and Barrett S. Litt, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.
Daniel P. Tokaji, Los Angeles, Alan Schlosser and Jordan C. Budd for ACLU Foundation of Southern California, ACLU Foundation of Northern California and ACLU Foundation of Imperial & San Diego Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges and Timothy L. Alger for California Newspaper Publishers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez and Steven J. Renick, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.
BAXTER, J.
The premise of the California Public Records Act (Gov.Code, § 6250 et seq.; hereafter CPRA)1 is that "access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state." (§ 6250.) To implement that right, the act declares that "[p]ublic records are open to inspection." (§ 6253.) At the same time, the act recognizes that certain records should...
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