Tripp v. Swoap

17 Cal.3d 671 (1976)

552 P.2d 749

131 Cal. Rptr. 789

KATHLEEN TRIPP, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

DAVID B. SWOAP, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. S.F. 23423.

Supreme Court of California.

August 3, 1976.

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Elizabeth Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, Jerome M. Behrens and John J. Klee, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Carl L. McConnell, Peter Reid and Byron Mellberg for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Craig H. Scott and Richard M. Pearl as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment…