HLC PROPERTIES, LTD. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S120332.

24 Cal.Rptr.3d 199 (2005)

35 Cal.4th 54

105 P.3d 560

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

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Mark A. Brodka, Mark A. Brodka, Los Angeles; Girardi and Keese, Thomas V. Girardi, Howard B. Miller and Shahram S. Shayesteh, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Irell & Manella, Gregory R. Smith, Steven A. Marenberg, Steve Kang, Elizabeth L. Rosenblatt and Philip M. Kelly, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest.


BAXTER, J.

At issue in this matter are 59 written communications pertaining to three recording contracts executed by the late Harry Lillis Crosby, the talented entertainer known to all as Bing Crosby. In the proceedings below, the trial court rejected plaintiffs' claim of attorney-client privilege with respect to the 59 documents, many of which were either authored or received by persons Crosby had hired to help manage his business interests. We conclude that the...

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