Case Summary

0058 REHEARING GRANTED Civil Code section making admissions conclusive only for purpose of proceeding in which they are made results in a sufficient grant of use and derivative use immunity to prevent the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination from protecting a civil litigant against being required to respond to demand for admissions; circumstances may justify requiring a defendant sued for punitive damages to furnish evidence of personal wealth well in advance of trial.

DOE v SUPERIOR COURT (Roman Polanski) 8 CA4 1236