The COPLEY PRESS, INC., Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of San Diego County, Respondent;
County of San Diego et al., Real Parties in Interest.
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August 31, 2006.
August 31, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harold W. Fuson, Jr., Judith L. Fanshaw, La Jolla, Scott A. Wahrenbrock; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Guylyn R. Cummins, San Diego, Robert J. Stumpf, San Francisco, Gary L. Bostwick and Jean-Paul Jassy, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.
Casey Gwinn, City Attorney (San Diego), Anita M. Noone, Assistant City Attorney, and James M. Chapin Deputy City Attorney, for City of San Diego and City of San Diego Civil Service Commission as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Law Offices of Amitai Schwartz, Amitai Schwartz, Emeryville; Alan L. Schlosser, Mark Schlosberg, San Francisco; Peter Eliasberg, Los Angeles; Jordan C. Budd, San Diego, Elvira Cacciavillani and David Blair-Loy for the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli Sager, Alonzo Wickers IV, Susan E. Seager, Los Angeles, Thomas R. Burke, San Francisco; David Tomlin; Russell F. Coleman, David S. Starr; Charles J. Glasser, Jr.; Peter Scheer; Thomas W. Newton, James W. Ewert; Terry Francke; Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, James E. Grossberg; Eve Burton, Jonathan R. Donnellan; Karlene W. Goller, Los Angeles; Stephen J. Burns, Sacramento; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, James M. Chadwick, San Francisco; David McCraw; Lucy A. Dalglish; Loeb & Loeb and Douglas E. Mirell, Los Angeles, for Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Freedom Communications, Inc., dba The Orange County Register, The Hearst Corporation, The Associated Press, The Bakersfield Californian, The New York Times Company, The McClatchy Company, Belo Corp., The San Jose Mercury News, Inc., Bloomberg L.P., California Newspaper Publishers Association, Society of Professional Journalists, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, California First Amendment Coalition, Californians Aware and Professor Erwin Chemerinsky as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Elise S. Rose, Sacramento, and Bruce A. Mongross for California State Personnel Board as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
John J. Sansone, County Counsel, and William H. Songer, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Parties in Interest County of San Diego and San Diego County Civil Service Commission.
Bobbitt & Pinckard, Everett L. Bobbitt, Richard L. Pinckard, San Diego, Bradley M. Fields and Julie S. Buechler, San Diego, for Real Parties in Interest San Diego Sheriffs' Association and San Diego Police Officers' Association.
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Gary M. Messing, Sacramento; Ivey, Smith & Ramirez and Jean-Claude André for Peace Officers Research Association of California's Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interests San Diego Sheriffs' Association and San Diego Police Officers' Association.
Supreme Court of California.
CHIN, J.
We granted review in this case to consider the extent, if any, to which the California Public Records Act (CPRA or Act) (Gov.Code, § 6250 et seq.) requires disclosure to a newspaper publisher of records of the County of San Diego Civil Service Commission (Commission) relating to a peace officer's administrative appeal of a disciplinary matter. The Court of Appeal held that the trial court erred in denying...
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