California Court of Appeal
City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, B239849
A county's petition for a writ of mandate challenging the trial court's grant of an attorney's petition for a writ of mandate seeking disclosure under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) certain records relating to an underlying civil rights suit against the county, is denied where: 1) a surrogate for a party to a pending lawsuit against a public entity may obtain documents under the CPRA relating to attorney fees charged by litigation counsel for the public entity; and 2) the trial court properly concluded the redacted records were not exempt from disclosure under the pending litigation exemption.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/16/2012
- Published 11/16/2012
Judges
- Rubin
Court
- California Court of Appeal