California Court of Appeal

In addressing whether a disappointed applicant to a local agency formation commission can take the depositions of the commissioners to learn what extra-record information the commissioners had when they denied the application and what additional information they needed to approve the application, the court of appeals finds that such depositions cannot be taken as: 1) extra-record evidence is not admissible in an action or proceeding challenging a quasi-legislative administrative decision; and 2) permitting discovery in the underlying case would violate the deliberative process privilege.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2008
• Published 04/22/2008

Judges

• MORRISON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neumiller & Beardslee, Michael F. McGrew and Daniel J. Schroeder, Stockton, for Petitioner., Davis Wright Tremaine, Martin L. Fineman, San Francisco, Rochelle L. Wilcox, Los Angeles, and Salle E. Yoo, San Francisco, for Real Party In Interest., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Michael M. Berger, George M. Soneff and Benjamin G. Shatz, Los Angeles, for Intervener.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.