San Diego Commerce v. San Diego Daily Transcript

Opinion

NARES, J.

The San Diego Daily Transcript (Transcript) appeals from a judgment in favor of respondent San Diego Commerce (Commerce), rejecting Transcript’s efforts to have Commerce’s adjudication as a newspaper of general circulation set aside. Transcript contends (as it did below) that in order for Commerce to qualify as a newspaper of general circulation under Government Code section 6000, Commerce must have a substantial distribution. While Transcript concedes the statute’s words contain no such language, Transcript argues that constitutional grounds (never urged below) require us to…