Los Angeles County Court Reporters Ass'n v. Superior Court

Opinion

DIBIASO, J.

On February 2, 1993, cross-appellants and respondents the Los Angeles County Court Reporters Association and the Los Angeles County Employees Association, Local 660 (collectively the association), filed a petition for writ of mandate in the Los Angeles Superior Court naming appellant and cross-respondent the Los Angeles County Superior Court (the court) as defendant. The petition challenged the court’s practice of using electronic recording devices rather than certified court reporters to make a record of general civil proceedings where neither the assigned judge nor the…