Legal Opinion
Roberts v. City of Palmdale
California Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1993No. S028100PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In this case we answer three questions. Does the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) require public disclosure of a letter from the city attorney distributed to members of the city council, expressing the legal opinion of the city attorney regarding a matter pending before the council? Is the transmission of the written legal opinion at issue in this case a “meeting” within the terms of the Ralph M. Brown Act (§ 54950 et seq.)? Was a 1987 amendment to the Brown Act intended to abrogate the attorney-client privilege as it applies to the communication of…
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