Legal Opinion
Cloud v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 21, 1996No. B100927PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J.
This is a discovery dispute in the context of a claim of gender-based discrimination. The petitioner, plaintiff in the trial court proceedings, served a demand for production pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2031. In it, she sought discovery of documents relating to the affirmative action plans of real party in interest Litton Industries, Inc. (Litton), one of the defendants below. Litton objected to discovery about its affirmative action plans. Among other things, it claimed that some of the documents were protected by the “self-critical analysis privilege.”…
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