California Court of Appeal

In a statewide class action involving claims that Wal-Mart denied meal and rest breaks to thousands of employees, partial grant of Wal-Mart's belated motion to seal records under California Rule of Court 2.551 is reversed in part where Wal-Mart waived its right to file such motion, and, in any event, the trial court lacked discretion to entertain it. Denial of newspaper organization's request for attorney's fees in the matter is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2007
• Published 04/09/2007

Judges

• REARDON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, David A. Rosenfeld, Alameda, M. Suzanne Murphy, for Appellant., Levy, Ram & Olson, Karl Olson, San Francisco, for Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellant in No. A111606., Stephen J. Burns, Sacramento, for McClatchy Company., Jonathan R. Donnellan, Kristina E. Findikyan, for the Hearst Corporation., Karlene Goller, Los Angeles, for Los Angeles Times., Thomas W. Newton, for California Newspaper Publishers Association., Harold W. Fuson, Jr., La Jolla, for the Copley Press, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, William I. Edlund, San Francisco, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Teresa A. Beaudet, Donald M. Falk, John Nadolenco, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.