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City of San Jose v. Superior Court (Smith)

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Cite as

2014 DJDAR 4523

Published

Apr. 11, 2014

Filing Date

Apr. 10, 2014


Filed 4/10/14 (Unmodified opinion attached)

CITY OF SAN JOSE et al.,

Petitioners,

v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

SANTA CLARA COUNTY,

Respondent,

 

TED SMITH,

Real Party in Interest.

 

No. H039498

(Santa Clara County

Super. Ct. No. 1-09-150427)

California Courts of Appeal

Sixth Appellate District

Filed April 10, 2014

 

ORDER

 

THE COURT:

 

     The above captioned opinion, filed on March 27, 2014, is hereby modified as follows:

 

     Page 6, second full paragraph, lines nine-eleven, delete the following:  "Federated University Police Officers Association v. Superior Court (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 18, 27 [names of police officers using pepper spray on protesters not protected under any CPRA exemption category] and."

 

     There is no change in the judgment.

 

                                ELIA, J.

 

RUSHING, P. J.                 

PREMO, J.

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