Strauss v. Superior Court

This is a petition for a writ of mandate to compel respondent court to vacate its order quashing a subpoena duces tecum theretofore issued in a proceeding to perpetuate testimony under section 2084 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The points in controversy are these: (1) the sufficiency of petitioner’s pleading of the foundational premise for his demand for the production of the desired documentary evidence; and (2) the definiteness in scope of the subpoena duces tecum itself in relation to the constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure. (Const., art. I, §19.) A review…