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SUPREMECOURTCASENO.S155944
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INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNIA
THOMASLEEGOLDSTEINPetitioner,
VS.
LOSANGELESCOUNTYSUPERIORCOURTRespondent,CITYOFLONGBEACH;JOHNHENRYMILLER;WILLIAMCOLLETTE;LOGANWREN;WILLIAMMacLYMAN;THECOUNTYOFLOSANGELES;JOHNVANDEKAMP;CURTLIVESAY,RealPartiesinInterest.AfteraDecisionBytheCourtofAppeal,2naAppellateDistrict,Division3AppellateCourtCaseNo.B199147(Hon.JoanDempseyKlein,PresidingJustice)
SUPREMECOURT
FILED
DEC
12
2007
Frederick
K.Ohldch
Clerk
Deputy
CONSOLIDATED
ANSWER
BRIEFONTHE
MERITS
RONALDO.KAYE(No.145051)
DAVIDS.McLANE(No.124952)
FILED
WITil,r"-"',,,,''_'-
MARILYNE.BEDNARSKI(No.105322)MATTHEWN.SIROLLY(No.239984)(ofcounsel)KAYE,McLANE&BEDNARSKI,
LLP
128NorthFairOaksAvenuePasadena,California91103Telephone:(626)844-7660Facsimile:(626)844-7670AttorneysforAppellantTHOMASLEEGOLDSTEIN
 
TABLE
OF
CONTENTSPAGE
TABLEOF
AUTHORITIES
...................................iiiREQUESTFOREXPEDITEDREVIEWANDPREFERENTIALCALENDARING.............................1ADDITIONALISSUEPRESENTED
FOR
REVIEW................2INTRODUCTION............................................3STATEMENTOF
FACTS
.....................................
6
ARGUMENT...............................................11I.THEAPPELLATECOURT'SDECISIONSTRIKESTHEAPPROPRIATEBALANCEBETWEENTHENEED
FOR
GRANDJURYSECRECYANDCOURTS'INTERESTINTRUTHAND
FAIRNESS
INLEGALPROCEEDINGS.......11A.CaliforniaLitigantsShouldHave
the
SameRightstoAccessGrandJuryMaterialsas
Federal
CourtLitigants...13B.TheLawofOtherStatesandthe
Federal
CaseLawSupporttheStandardAdoptedbytheAppellateCourt....15II.
THEAPPELLATECOURT'SDECISIONISCONSISTENTWITHCALIFORNIALAWANDTHELONGSTANDING
PRACTICEOFCALIFORNIACOURTS...................18
A°
TheAppellateCourt'sDecisionIsConsistentwiththisCourt'sHoldingsin
DailyJournalCorp.
and
McClatchyNewspapers
......................................18
i°
County'sArgumentthatReleaseoftheseMaterialstoGoldsteinWillLeadtoPublicDisclosureoftheMaterialsIsWrong..........................20
 
B.
TABLEOFCONTENTS(CONT.)
PAGE
TheAppellateCourt'sDecisionIsSupportedbyaLongHistoryofDecisionsofthisCourtandbytheLongstandingPracticeofCaliforniaTrialCourts........21
C*
TheCounty'sRelianceon
Peoplev.Gonzalez
IsMisplaced.......................................24
D°
DespitetheCounty'sClaim'stotheContrary,theAppellateCourt'sDecisionDoesNotConflictwiththeStatutorySchemeorUpsetthePrincipleofSeparationofPowers.......................................27III.EVENIFTHECOURTOF
APPEALS
DECISIONISREVERSED,THISCOURTSHOULD
FIND
THATACALIFORNIATRIALCOURTHASSTATUTORYAUTHORITYTOALLOWGOLDSTEINACCESSTOTHEGRANDJURYMATERIALS........................30
A.
PenalCode924.2AuthorizestheReleaseofGrandJuryMaterialsthatGoldste'mRequests....................30
B°
PenalCodeSection929AlsoAuthorizestheReleaseofGrandJuryMaterialsthatGoldsteinRequests................34IV.REGARDLESSOFWHETHERTHECALIFORNIASUPERIORCOURTHASTHEPOWERTOGRANT
GOLDSTEIN
ACCESSTOTHEGRANDJURYMATERIALS,THEAPPELLATECOURT'SORDERSHOULDBEAFFIRMEDTOTHEEXTENTTHATITDIRECTSTHESUPERIORCOURTTOCOOPERATEWITHTHEFEDERALCOURTBYREVIEWINGTHEMATERIALSANDPREPARINGASTATEMENT......................38CONCLUSION.............................................40
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