County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning v. Superior Court

Opinion

SUZUKAWA, J.

The County of Los Angeles (County), by and through the County Department of Regional Planning (Department), seeks a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order appointing two of the Department’s employees as confidential expert witnesses for real parties in interest, Quoc Thai Pham, Harold P. Brown, Arthur Lee Neal, Sr., and Bernard Harper. We conclude the superior court erred in refusing to vacate its expert appointment order and issue a peremptory writ of mandate directing it to do so.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This matter is before this court for…