Legal Opinion
De Los Santos v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided July 10, 1980No. L.A. 31239PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Section 952 of the Evidence Code provides that the confidentiality of a communication between client and lawyer is preserved if the client reveals the information to a third person to whom disclosure is “reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information or the accomplishment of the purpose for which the lawyer is consulted.” We are called upon in this proceeding to decide whether statements by a minor to his guardian ad litem made in the course of preparing answers by the minor to interrogatories or to respond to requests for information from his lawyer in preparing…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cloud v. Market Street Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1946
- Solon v. LichtensteinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
- Glade v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- People v. FloresCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- Gonzales v. Mun. Court for the L.A. Judicial Dist. of L.A. Cty.California Court of Appeal · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Alpha Beta Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Littlefield v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
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