Lehman
Lehman v. City and County of San Francisco
Opinion
Opinion
Scott, J.
Godfrey Lehman appeals from the judgment of dismissal following the sustaining of a demurrer by respondent City and County of San Francisco to his complaint, which alleges six causes of action against respondent for the separate violations under both state and federal law of his right to privacy, freedom of association and due process. For the purpose of the present appeal respondent’s demurrer admits the truthfulness of the properly pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. (See, e.g. White v. Davis (1975) 13 Cal.3d 757, 765 [ 120 Cal.Rptr. 94 , 533 P.2d 222 ].) The allegations regarding the two causes of action for violation of the right to privacy are as follows.
Appellant was called for jury duty in San Francisco Superior Court and assigned as a prospective juror in the case of Dyer v. Sea-Land Service, Inc. (case No. 674-905). The jury commissioner informed the parties to the litigation of appellant’s identity as a prospective juror knowing that the litigants “would investigate and invade the private affairs” of appellant and “compile information about his private life and activities.” The litigants subsequently made such an investigation and compiled such…