Sierra Club v. Superior Court CA4/3

Filed 9/30/13 Sierra Club v. Superior Court CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

SIERRA CLUB,

Petitioner,

v. G044138

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE (Super. Ct. No. 30-2009-00121878- COUNTY, CU-WM-CJC)

Respondent; OPINION

COUNTY OF ORANGE,

Real Party in Interest.

Original proceedings; petition for a writ of mandate to challenge an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, James J. Di Cesare, Judge. Petition granted. Venskus & Associates and Sabrina D. Venskus for Petitioner. Michel & Associates and C.D. Michel for Members of the GIS Community as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Law Offices of Michael W. Stamp, Michael W. Stamp, and Molly Erickson for The Open Monterey Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. M. Rhead Enion for Academic Researchers in Public Health, Urban Planning and Environmental Justice as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. Meyer, Klipper & Mohr, Christopher A. Mohr, Michael R. Klipper; Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, Jeffrey G. Knowles, and Julia D. Greer for Consumer Data Industry Association, Corelogic, LexisNexis, The National Association of Profession Background Screeners, and the Software & Information Industry Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. Holme Roberts & Owen, Rachel Matteo-Boehm, Katherine Keating and Leila Knox for Media and Open Government, First Amendment Coalition, Freedom Communications, Inc., publisher of the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times Communication LLC, doing business as Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, Bay Area News Group, Bloomberg News, Courthouse News Service, Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, The McClatchy Company, Patch Media Corporation, The San Francisco Examiner, Wired, American Society of News Editors, Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Citizen Media Law Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation, First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, National Freedom of Information Coalition, Openthegovernment.org, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Society of Professional Journalists as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Nicholas S. Chrisos, County Counsel, Mark D. Servino, Rebecca S. Leeds, and Karen L. Christensen, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest. Best Best & Krieger and Shawn Hagerty for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Real Party in Interest.