Legal Opinion
Smith v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 17, 1981No. Civ. 50983PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SMITH, J.
Gerald Smith, the petitioner in a marital dissolution action and a licensed psychologist, seeks a writ of mandate or prohibition to restrain respondent court from enforcing a discovery order requiring him to produce the names, addresses and telephone numbers of certain patients and former patients. This court issued an alternative writ at the direction of the Supreme Court.
The sole issue presented is whether the discovery order violates the psychotherapist-patient privilege (Evid. Code, § 1010 et seq.).
In the dissolution action, real party in interest, petitioner’s wife,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re LifschutzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- In Re Marriage of LopezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- United States v. Hodge And ZweigCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Costa v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
- Rudnick v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Scull v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
- County of Alameda v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
- Akkerman v. MECTA CORP., INC.California Court of Appeal · 2007
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