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HLC PROPERTIES LTD. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B167458.

4 Cal.Rptr.3d 898 (2003)

HLC PROPERTIES LIMITED, et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; MCA Records, Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

Review Granted December 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Girardi & Keese, Thomas V. Girardi, Los Angeles, Howard B. Miller, El Segundo; Law Offices of Mark A. Brodka and Mark A. Brodka, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance on behalf of Respondent.

Irell & Manella, Steven A. Marenberg, Steve Kang and Philip M. Kelly, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

On this petition for a writ of mandate we hold that an entity that is the legal successor of a deceased individual's ongoing business organization is, under Evidence Code section 953, subdivision (d),1 the holder of the attorney-client privilege that belonged to that business organization.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Background Facts

Petitioner HLC Properties, Limited (HLC...

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