Legal Opinion
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Dep't of Motor Vehicles
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 26, 1997No. B096214PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BARON, J.
Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (hereafter State Farm), filed a petition for writ of mandate in the superior court, seeking, inter alia, an order requiring appellant Department of Motor Vehicles (hereafter the DMV) to identify a purchaser of a car. The superior court ordered the DMV to release this information, and the DMV appealed. We affirm.
Facts
In February 1992, Brian Moore leased a new Mercedes Benz 500 SL from the Mercedes Benz Credit Corporation (hereafter MBCC) and obtained an automobile liability policy for the car from State Farm. In August…
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