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Scope of Discovery CCP 2017
Limitation On The Scope of Discovery
Chapter: 004-Privileges- Privilege Only Basis To Refuse

 

Evidence Code Section 911 provides as follows: EVIDENCE CODE SECTION 911 911.  Except as otherwise provided by statute:    (a) No person has a privilege to refuse to be a witness.    (b) No person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter or to refuse to produce any writing, object, or other thing.    (c) No person has a privilege that another shall not be a witness or shall not disclose any matter or shall not produce any writing, object, or other thing. 1. Evidence Code Section 911 Are The Only Privileges Available . Evidence Code section 911 provides, in relevant part: "Except as otherwise provided by statute: [¶] . . . [¶] (b) No person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter or to refuse to produce any writing, object, or other thing." This section declares the California Legislature's determination that "evidentiary privileges shall be available only as defined by statute. [Citation.] Courts may not add to the statutory privileges except as required by state or federal constitutional law [citations], nor may courts imply unwritten exceptions to existing statutory privileges. [Citations.]" (Roberts v. City of Palmdale (1993) 5 Cal.4th 363, 373 (Roberts); see Valley Bank of Nevada v. Superior Court (1975) 15 Cal.3d 652, 656 [privileges contained in Evidence Code are exclusive and courts are not free to create new privileges as matter of judicial policy unless constitutionally compelled]; Garstang v. Superior Court (1995) 39 Cal.App.4th 526, 532 ["In California there is no privilege to refuse to disclose any matter, or to refuse to produce any writing, object, or thing, unless the privilege is created by statute"]; Cloud v. Superior Court (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 1552, 1558-1559 [unlike the federal courts, California courts are not free to create new privileges as a matter of judicial policy]; Unites States v. Nixon (1974) 418 U.S. 683, 710 [privileges are not lightly created nor expansively construed, for they are in derogation of the search for the truth].) American Airlines, Inc. v. Superior Court (DiMarco) (2003) , Cal.App.4th [No. B162513. Second Dist., Div. Eight. Dec. 29, 2003.] See California Discovery-Ch. 2-Evidence Code Definitions California Evidence Code Section 900-905-Official Site    California Evidence Code §§ 911-920-Official Site California Evidence.Net

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