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| County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition | |
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| Court | California Court of Appeal, Sixth District |
| Full case name | County of Santa Clara, et al. v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California First Amendment Coalition |
| Citations | 170 Cal. App. 4th 1301 89 Cal. Rptr. 3d 374 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Santa Clara County Superior Court |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Richard J. McAdams, Franklin D. Elia, Nathan D. Mihara |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | McAdams |
| Laws applied | |
| California Public Records Act | |
County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition, 170 Cal. App. 4th 1301 (2009), was a case before the California Courts of Appeal dealing with the ability of a local California agency to limit the disclosure of, or require license agreements for, public records and data requested under the California Public Records Act (CPRA).
The court found that as public records, there was "no statutory basis either for copyrighting the GIS basemap or for conditioning its release on a licensing agreement" under United States copyright law because state freedom of information laws preclude a state agency’s reliance on federal copyright unless state law specifically permits it.[1]
- ^ County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition, 170 Cal. App. 4th 1301, 1337 (2009).