Columbia Broadcasting System Inc V Superior Court Of Los Angeles County

Landmark Supreme Court Case: CBS v. Superior Court

Background

On June 12, 1968, a landmark case, Columbia Broadcasting System Inc. et al Petitioners v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc. a corporation Plautus Productions Inc. a corporation Petitioners v. Superior Court of the State of California FOR the COUNTY OF LOS, reached the Supreme Court of the United States.

Procedural History

The case originated in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, where Appellant Breitegger filed a complaint against respondents CBS and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The court sustained objections to certain written interrogatories, and Breitegger filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the court to vacate the order and order the interrogatories answered.