COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S094675.

118 Cal.Rptr.2d 167 (2002)

27 Cal.4th 793

42 P.3d 1034

The COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Riverside County, Respondent; Xavier Martin Madrigal, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

March 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Christopher D. Lockwood and Jordan N. Gray, San Bernardino, for Petitioner.

Jones & Mayer, Martin J. Mayer, Long Beach and Krista MacNevin Jee for California State Sheriffs' Association, California Police Chiefs Association and California Peace Officers' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Michael P. Stone Lawyers, Michael P. Stone, Pasadena, Lan Wang, Muna Busailah, B. Eric Nelson and Catherine M. Kelly for Real Party in Interest.

Green & Shinee and Helen L. Schwab, Encino, for Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson and Alison Berry Wilkinson for Peace Officers Research Association of California's Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Diane Marchant, Los Angeles, for Los Angeles Police Protective League as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


BROWN, J.

In this case, we consider whether and under what circumstances a law enforcement agency must disclose to a probationary employee who is a peace officer confidential documents obtained or prepared in the course of a routine background investigation of that officer, conducted pursuant to Government Code section 1031, subdivision (d).1 In addition to weighing the effect of various...

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