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CPRA

Public employee salaries

[…] and Teamsters Local 856 v. Priceless, LLC which seemed to indicate that release of salaries connected with the names of employees is prohibited. How about requests for actual salaries by position and not connected with names. Is a public agency bound by CPRA to release such information? Is the $100,000 and above salary limit […]

June 14, 2009
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July 3, 2024
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Newsgathering

Can newspaper publish captured police-scanner audio of gunfight?

[…] private -- was deemed to be an illegal wiretap. McDermott v. Boehner. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

May 7, 2013
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First Amendment Social Media

Is Use of Twitter Logo in Political Parody Artwork Protected by the First Amendment?

[…] forward. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

June 21, 2018
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First Amendment

Was Honking My Horn at a Police Officer Protected by the First Amendment?

[…] challenge. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

June 18, 2018
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Court Records

Struggling To Access Court Records in Sacramento Divorce Proceedings

[…] County:http://www.sacbar.org/pro-bono.html Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

April 3, 2020
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CPRA Police Records

Police Reports

[…] the conference, the California Supreme Court has held that the police do not have to provide copies of the actual reports themselves, but that, under section 6254(f), must provide all the information listed in that section in the case of incidents or arrests. Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337 (1993). And the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Firing Records

[…] least to the extent it applies to disciplinary matters." Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court, 39 Cal. 4th 1272, 1297-98 (2006). In other circumstances, the officers names must be released, but, apparently, not when it comes to disciplinary proceedings. Although Copley Press case dealt with administrative appeals of disciplinary proceedings involving non-probationary officers., it would probably […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Economic Interest Disclosure Statements

[…] to file a lawsuit to get a response and then get some of what you are asking for, you should be entitled to your attorneys fees under Government Code section 6259, which requires that "he court shall award court costs and reasonable attorneys fees to the plaintiff should the plaintiff prevail in litigation filed pursuant to this […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Protest Rights

Do ‘disturbing the peace’ laws trump the First Amendment?

[…] section 415, subdivision 2 (disturbing another person by loud and unreasonable noise), which seems to be the subdivision that would be at issue in your case:In re Brown, the California Supreme Court stated: "e conclude that section 415 cannot, consistent with First Amendment rights, be applied to prohibit all loud speech which disturbs others […]

June 14, 2009