BACKGROUND MATERIALS

1. 1979 proposal:

• Report of the Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee for an Effective Publication Rule (1979)
• May 13, 1980, AOC News Release #26, “Judicial Council Approves Recommendations of the Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee for an Effective Publication Rule.”
• Aug. 20, 1982, AOC News Release #34 (attaching a “Summary of Proposed Amendments on Publication of Appellate Opinions”).
• Dec. 31, 1982, AOC News Release #62, “Rules on Publication of Appellate Opinions and Petitions for Hearing Amended.”

2. 1985 proposal:

• Mar. 28, 1985, Report and Recommendations of the Advisory Committee to Implement Proposition 32.
• April 19, 1985, AOC News Release #19, “Supreme Court Adopts Rules to Implement Proposition 32.”

3. 1986 proposal:

• October 3, 1986, letter by Administrative Presiding Justice Racanelli to Chief Justice Bird, concerning “Request to amend rule 976(d), California Rules of Court.”
• Oct. 17, 1986 letter by Administrative Presiding Justice Puglia to Chief Justice Bird concerning “Request to amend rule 976(d), California Rules of Court.”
• Nov. 26, 1986, letter by Larry Gill to APJ Racanelli.

4. 1988 proposal:

• May 2, 1988 letter by Elliot Bien to Chief Justice Lucas, concerning “Publication of Court of Appeal Opinions”; May 2, 1988, “Request to Refer to Judicial Council a Proposed Rule Change Concerning Publication of Court of Appeal Opinions.”
• November 8, 1988, letter by Chief Justice Lucas to Elliot Bien, with copies to those who signed the May 2, 1988 proposal.