California Court of Appeal

A petition for review of the trial court's order that petitioner produce, pursuant to Reuters' request under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), for individual fund information for investments made by petitioner, including a directive to make an objectively reasonable effort to obtain records from third parties that petitioner had not prepared, owned, used, or retained, is granted, where: 1) records reflecting such information in the hands of third parties are not "public records" within the meaning of the CPRA; and 2) the trial court's decision to defer ruling on petitioner's motions to seal until deciding the merits of Reuters' petition, and consideration of that evidence, did not relieve the trial court of its obligation to return the lodged records, as required by California Rules of Court, rule 2.551(b)(6), upon final conclusion of the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2013
• Published 12/19/2013

Judges

• BRICK

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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