THE COPLEY PRESS, INC v. SUPERIOR COURT Part - II 03:14:2007
THE COPLEY PRESS, INC v. SUPERIOR COURT
Filed 8/31/06
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA
THE COPLEY PRESS, INC., )
)
Petitioner, )
) S128603
v. )
) Ct.App. 4/1 D042251
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN )
DIEGO COUNTY, )
) San Diego County
Respondent; ) Super. Ct. No. GIC807922
)
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO et al., )
)
Real Parties in Interest. )
_______________________________________ )
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Description
California Public Records Act does not require disclosure to a newspaper publisher of records of county commission relating to a peace officer's administrative appeal of a disciplinary matter. Penal Code Sec. 832.7(a) which provides that certain peace officer records are confidential and shall not be disclosed in any criminal or civil proceeding except by discovery pursuant to Secs. 1043 and 1046 of the Evidence Code is not limited to criminal and civil proceedings. Commission records of disciplinary appeals, including the officer's name, are protected under Sec. 832.7. Sec. 832.7 is not unconstitutional for permitting nondisclosure of such records.
