Assn. for LA Deputy Sheriffs v. LA Times

Filed 7/21/15 Certified for publication 8/19/15 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

ASSOCIATION FOR LOS ANGELES B253083

DEPUTY SHERIFFS et al., (Los Angeles County Plaintiffs and Appellants, Super. Ct. No. BC520745)

v.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

COMMUNICATIONS LLC,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Michelle R. Rosenblatt, Judge. Affirmed. Green & Shinee and Elizabeth J. Gibbons; Benedon & Serlin, Gerald M. Serlin and Kelly R. Horwitz for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli L. Sager, Rochelle L. Wilcox and Daniel A. Laidman; Los Angeles Times Communications and Jeffrey D. Glasser for Defendant and Respondent.

_______________________________________ “In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.” (New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) 403 U.S. 713, 717 (New York Times.) “[P]rior restraints on speech and…