The Recorder v. Commission on Judicial Performance
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PHELAN, J.*
These consolidated appeals present important questions of first impression about an initiative measure, commonly known as Proposition 190, which was approved by a large majority of California voters in 1994. The Commission on Judicial Performance (the commission) timely appeals from an order granting a petition for writ of mandate filed in June 1997 by The Recorder, a legal newspaper published in San Francisco, in an effort to compel the commission to disclose how individual commissioners voted in formal disciplinary proceedings concerning the Honorable Jose Angel Velasquez…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- White v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Seaman's Direct Buying Service, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1984
- Ghirardo v. AntonioliCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
33 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by18 opinions
- In re CookCalifornia Supreme Court · 2019
- League of Women Voters v. McPhersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- Wiseman Park, LLC v. S. Glazer's Wine & Spirits, LLC, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
- McNair v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'nCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- Commission on Judicial Performance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.