Perkins

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate directing respondent to vacate its order striking from a complaint allegations relating to punitive damages.

The facts, quite simply, are these: Petitioner has sued real party in interest for “invasion of privacy and interference with business.” Also named as defendants are General Telephone and Electronics Corporation (hereinafter GTE) and General Telephone Company of California (hereinafter Telephone Co.). The complaint contains the following allegations: GTE is a holding company, which operates through a number of subsidiaries and affiliates, including real party and Telephone Co. GTE owns all of real party’s stock and 99.06 percent of the stock of Telephone Co. The three defendants are all integral parts of a common enterprise which operates for the profit and advantage of GTE.

Petitioner is a member of the State Bar of California who has maintained offices in Century City since 1972. His office telephone service is with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. On April 1, 1980, real party published and started distributing its “Neighborhood Phone Book” for the West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills areas which listed petitioner’s telephone…