Supreme Court of California

For purposes of Penal Code section 632(a), which prohibits the recording of a telephone call without consent from all parties if the call includes a "confidential communication," a conversation is confidential if a party to that conversation has an objectively reasonable expectation that the conversation is not being overheard or recorded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/14/2002
• Published 03/14/2002

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of Jerry K. Straub, Jerry K. Staub, Glendale, Patricia Venegas, Los Angeles;  Law Offices of John Nouskajian, Jr., and John Nouskajian, Jr., South Pasadena, for Cross-complainant and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory, Edwin W. Green, A. Kristine Floyd, Bruce W. Hepler and Luke G. Anderson, Irvine, for Cross-defendant and Respondent., Davis, Wright, Tremaine, Gary L. Bostwick, Kelli L. Sager, Los Angeles, Karen N. Frederiksen and Andrew J. Thomas, Los Angeles, for CBS Broadcasting, Inc., The Copley Press, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., ABC, Inc., and Cable News Network as Amici Curiae on behalf of Cross-defendant and Respondent.