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Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Regents of the University of California

Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Regents of the University of California 

18 ST CP 02832Cal. Super. Ct.1 entry
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
11/08/2018
Petition
Petition for writ of mandate filed.
Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a lawsuit seeking to compel the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School to respond to requests under the California Public Records Act for records “concerning the University’s work with private outside parties including law enforcement to develop theories of litigation against, and pursue as targets of investigation, perceived opponents of a political and policy agenda shared by these outside parties and certain faculty.” In particular, CEI sought the correspondence of two UCLA Law School professors, who CEI said had used their positions at the school to coordinate with institutions and individuals to urge legal action against “energy industry participants or political opponents of the ‘climate’ policy agenda.”