John Doe v. Edmund Brown, Jr., No. 09-17362 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseThe Attorney General appealed the district court's injunction where the district court held that publicly disclosing any of appellee's previously confidential sex offender registration information would violate the terms of appellee's plea agreement. At issue was whether, under California law, the default rule of contract interpretation was that the law in effect at the time of a plea agreement was binding to the parties or that the terms of a plea agreement could be affected by changes of law. The court held that there was no controlling precedent and therefore, the court certified the question to the California Supreme Court to answer.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on August 1, 2013.
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