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Perspective

Jul. 26, 2013

The final word: civil law developments in state Supreme Court

This summer, the court has issued three fundamentally interpretative decisions. By Joseph M. Lipner and BJ Ard


By Joseph M. Lipner and BJ Ard


The state Supreme Court's most significant decisions often boil down to interpretation - a decisive ruling on how to construe a statute or contract, or how to proceed where the text is silent. This summer, the court has issued three fundamentally interpretative decisions. It decided that a complex computer database maintained by Orange County - and not just the data underlying the database - is subject to disclosure under the co...

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