Legal Opinion
San Jose Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. District Court-Northern District (San Jose)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1999No. 99-70062PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
The San Jose Mercury News, Inc. (“Mercury News”) petitions for mandamus in an effort to gain access to an investigatory report commissioned by the City of Mountain View (“Mountain View”) in connection with a sexual harassment suit brought by two female police officers (“Plaintiffs”) against Mountain View and its police department (“Defendants”). In order to obtain the report, the Mercury News sought permissive intervention in the action before the district court. The district court denied the motion, prompting the newspaper’s petition for mandamus relief. We grant the…
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