AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S227106.

3 Cal.5th 1032 (2017)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Bibring and Catherine A. Wagner for Petitioner American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California.

Jennifer Lynch for Petitioner Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Katie Townsend for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Californians Aware, The Center for Investigative Reporting, First Amendment Coalition, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, The McClatchy Company, The National Press Club, National Press Photographers Association, Online News Association and Society of Professional Journalists as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

First Amendment Project, James R. Wheaton and Cherokee D.M. Melton for Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Marc Rotenberg , Alan Butler , Jeramie Scott and Aimee Thomson for Electronic Privacy Information Center as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Jason D. Russell and Richard A. Schwartz for Senator Jerry Hill as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Jones & Mayer, Martin J. Mayer , James R. Touchstone and Deborah Pernice-Knefel for California State Sheriffs' Association, California Police Chiefs' Association and California Peace Officers' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney (Los Angeles), Carlos de La Guerra , Managing Assistant City Attorney, Debra L. Gonzales and Amy Jo Field , Assistant City Attorneys, Lisa S. Berger and Heather L. Aubry , Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Parties in Interest City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Department.

Collins Collins Muir + Stewart, Eric Brown , Tomas A. Guterres and James C. Jardin for Real Parties in Interest County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Sheriffs' Department.

Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, Aleksan R. Giragosian , Michael G. Colantuono and Michael R. Cobden for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

Real parties in interest, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) of the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) of the County of Los Angeles (collectively, real parties), employ automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology in...

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