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GOLDSTEIN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

No. S155944.

45 Cal.4th 218 (2008)

THOMAS LEE GOLDSTEIN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; GRAND JURY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

November 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaye, McLane & Bednarski, Ronald O. Kaye, David S. McLane, Marilyn E. Bednarski and Matthew N. Sirolly for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, and Gordon W. Trask, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Collins, Collins, Muir & Stewart, John J. Collins, Tomas A. Guterres, Douglas Fee and Eric C. Brown for Real Parties in Interest County of Los Angeles, John Van de Kamp and Curt Livesay.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

Here we hold that California courts do not have a broad inherent power to order disclosure of grand jury materials to private litigants. In Daily Journal Corp. v. Superior Court (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1117 [86 Cal.Rptr.2d 623, 979 P.2d 982] (Daily Journal), this court ruled that "the superior court's powers...

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