FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
Harry W. LOW, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents;
Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies et al., Interveners and Appellants;
Consumers Union of U.S., Inc., et al., Interveners and Respondents.
United Services Automobile Association et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants.
v.
Harry W. Low, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Defendant and Respondent;
Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies et al., Interveners and Appellants;
Consumers Union Of U.S., Inc., et al., Interveners and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 1, 2001.
Review Granted January 16, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Horvitz & Levy and Mitchell C. Tilner and Daniel J. Gonzalez, Encino; Barger & Wolen and Steven H. Weinstein, Los Angeles, Richard G. De La Mora and Robyn E. King, for Plaintiffs/Interveners and Appellants, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Safeco Insurance Companies, and for Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies; Forrest, Henderson, Sloan & Davis and Theodore R. Forrest, Jr., and Jeffrey P. Davis, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Company; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae and R. Scott Puddy for Plaintiffs and Appellants United Services Automobile Association, USAA Casualty Insurance, Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company and Deerbrook Insurance Company and Interveners and Appellants Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Indemnity Company and Deerbrook Insurance Company.
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe and Paul Alexander and Vanessa Wells, Palo Alto, for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm General Insurance Company, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Lawrence K. Keethe, Steven J. Green, Kristin M. Daily and Robert Asperger, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
Public Advocates, Inc. and Mark Savage, John T. Affeldt, San Francisco, and Maria E. Andrade, for Interveners and Respondents Consumers Union of U.S., Inc., National Council of La Raza, Korean Youth and Community Council, Oakland Chinese Community Council, Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles.
Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.
OPINION
CORNELL, J.
This dispute concerns records and reports made by various insurance companies to the Insurance Commissioner of California, which, by definition, are public records. (Gov.Code, § 6252, subd. (d).) The records detail for every ZIP code in California the number of exposures1 and the premium dollars earned by an insurer. The Insurance Commissioner agreed...
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