The Recorder has California High Court Names Legislature Real Party in Interest in Court Reporter Suit -- The high court's order thrusts lawmakers back into a debate in which the Democratic majority has steadfastly stood with court-employed certified shorthand reporters who oppose expanding the use of electronic recording.
California's Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Legislature to explain why a state law barring the electronic recording of many legal proceedings doesn't violate a litigant's right to a verbatim record.
The court's justices issued an order to show cause in Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Court, a case brought by two legal aid organizations challenging the statutory recording ban. The groups have asked the high court for a writ of mandate barring trial courts from citing Government Code Section 69957 to deny litigants an electronic recording of their civil proceedings when courts can't supply a reporter and parties can't afford to hire one.
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