Brooks v. Binderup

Opinion

BROWN, J.

Larry F. Brooks, Yuba County Planning and Building Services Director, and Frank D. Ellis II, the deputy director, sued individual members of the 1993-1994 Yuba County Grand Jury claiming they were defamed in two grand jury reports about the operation of their department.

*1290Plaintiffs cited Penal Code section 930,1 and alleged the reports were not privileged because the grand jury returned no indictment against them.

Defendants moved for judgment on the pleadings, offering a multifaceted constitutional challenge to section 930. The gist of defendants’ argument was that if the…