Legal Opinion
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 2012No. B239849PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*60Opinion
RUBIN, Acting P. J.
This writ petition presents the following question: May a surrogate for a party to a pending lawsuit against a public entity obtain documents under the California Public Records Act (CPRA; Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) relating to the attorney fees charged by litigation counsel for the public entity? In this case, we answer the question in the affirmative.
Under the CPRA (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.),1 “ ‘every person’ has a right to inspect any public record (§ 6253, subd. (a)), for any purpose (§ 6257.5), subject to certain exemptions . . . .” (County of Los Angeles v.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- In Re Marriage of ArceneauxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Roberts v. City of PalmdaleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Venegas v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
- Powers v. City of RichmondCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- Venegas v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
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3Cited by21 opinions
- L.A. Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors v. Superior Court of L.A. Cnty.California Supreme Court · 2016
- League of California Cities v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- Pasadena Police Officers Ass'n v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- County of Los Angeles v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- Caldecott v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
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