MICHAELIS, MONTANARI v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S133464.

44 Cal.Rptr.3d 663 (2006)

38 Cal.4th 1065

136 P.3d 194

MICHAELIS, MONTANARI & JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, respondent. City of Los Angeles Department of Airports et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson, Garry L. Montanari and Nathan B. Rand, for Petitioner.

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US, James M. Chadwick, San Francisco, Jarod M. Bona, San Diego; Thomas W. Newton, James W. Ewert; Harold W. Fuson, Jr., La Jolla; Karlene Goller, Los Angeles; Andrew Huntington; Thomas R. Burke, San Francisco; and Jonathan Donnellan for the California Newspaper Publishers Association, The Copley Press, Inc., Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, Inc. The Bakersfield Californian and The Hearst Corporation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Davis, Cowell & Bowe and Andrew J. Khan, San Francisco, for Retail Food Industry Joint Labor Management Committee as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, Eduardo A. Angeles, Assistant City Attorney, M. Lynn Mayo, Deputy City Attorney; Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, Mara E. Rosales, Joseph M. Quinn and Julia L. Bond, Oakland, for Real Parries in Interest.

Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney (San Francisco), Buck Delventhal and Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorneys; David L. Alexander, Port Attorney, and Christopher H. Alonzi, Deputy Port Attorney, for City and County of San Francisco, League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties and City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


CHIN, J.

In this case, we consider California's Public Records Act (Gov.Code, § 6250, et seq. (the Act)), generally calling for disclosure of a public agency's records, and the statutory exception (id., § 6255) applicable where the public interest in nondisclosure "clearly outweighs" the public interest in disclosure. More specifically, we face questions concerning the availability and timing of public disclosure of competitive proposals submitted...

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