Sander v. State Bar of California
The Reporters Committee and 13 media organizations filed an amicus letter to the California Supreme Court in Sander v. State Bar…
The Reporters Committee and 13 media organizations filed an amicus letter to the California Supreme Court in Sander v. State Bar of California. The letter urges the California Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeal decision which held that the California State Bar was not obligated to anonymize a database concerning bar applicants in response to a California Public Records Act request from Richard Sander and the First Amendment Coalition, because the Court of Appeal held that anonymization requires creation of a new record. The letter argues that this decision will limit public access to large government databases moving forward and is contrary to the purposes and language of the CPRA.