INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENGINEERS, LOCAL 21, AFL-CIO et al., Petitioners,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of Alameda County, Respondent;
Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 27, 2007.
August 27, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Davis & Reno and Duane W. Reno, San Francisco, for Petitioners.
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Ronald Yank, David M. Rice and Troy M. Yoshino, San Francisco, for CDF Firefighters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners and Real Party In Interest Oakland Police Officers' Association.
Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Antonio Ruiz, Alameda, and M. Suzanne Murphy for Operating Engineers Local Union No. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of-Petitioners and Real Party In Interest Oakland Police Officers' Association.
Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer, David E. Mastagni, Will M. Yamada, Sacramento, and Stesha R. Hodges for California Correctional Peace Officers Association, Legal Defense Fund of the Peace Officers' Research Association of California, CAUSE-Statewide Law Enforcement Association, Deputy Sheriffs' Association of Alameda County, Placer County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Sacramento Police Officers' Association, Stockton Police Officers' Association, San Mateo County Deputy Sheriffs' Association and San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners and Real Party In Interest Oakland Police Officers' Association.
No appearance for Respondent.
Levy, Ram & Olson, Karl Olson and Erica L. Craven, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.
Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson and Allison Berry Wilkinson for Real Party in Interest Oakland Police Officers' Association.
Davis Wright Tremaine and Thomas R. Burke, San Francisco, for Coalition of University Employees as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.
Trevor A. Grimm, Los Angeles, Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle, Sacramento, for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.
Law Office of Judy Alexander and Judy Alexander for ANG Newspapers, Bakersfield Californian, California Newspaper Publishers Association, The Copley Press, Inc., Embarcadero Publishing Company, Gannett, Hearst Corporation, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, McClatchy Company, Metro Newspapers, New York Times, Orange County Register, The Press Enterprise Company and San Jose Mercury News as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.
Alan L. Schlosser, Mark Schlosberg, San Francisco; Peter Eliasberg, Los Angeles,; Law Offices of Amitai Schwartz, Amitai Schwartz, Lisa Sitkin, Emeryville; and Jordan C. Budd, San Diego, for ACLU of Northern California, ACLU Foundation of Southern California and ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.
Supreme Court of California.
GEORGE, C.J.
This case presents the question whether the names and salaries of public employees earning $100,000 or more per year, including peace officers, are exempt from public disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Gov.Code, § 6250 et seq.).1 The Court of Appeal concluded they are not, because "well-established norms of California public policy and American public employment...
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