Sav-On Drugs, Inc. v. Superior Court

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.—Petitioner,

seeking a writ of prohibition, is one of several defendants in a class action currently pending in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. That court granted the motion of plaintiff (real party in interest) for an order compelling petitioner to answer certain interrogatories, concerning petitioner’s state sales tax returns. Petitioner contends that the information sought is privileged or otherwise immune from discovery. We agree, in part, and issue the writ as to one of the interrogatories.

Since the dispute arises from the interrelationship between the sales…