City of Alhambra v. Superior Court

In City of Alhambra v. Superior Court (1980) 110 Cal.App.3d 513, an on duty policeman, who was sued for alleged acts of violence, was asked by way of interrogatories whether he had "'ever received psychiatric treatment in any mental institution, hospital, or from any psychiatrist, practitioner or other person'" and, if so, the name and address of such persons or institutions. Finding the facts to be analogous to those of Marcus v. Superior Court, supra, 18 Cal.App.3d 22, the court concluded: "If Shepherd the policeman were compelled to divulge the fact of psychiatric treatment, he would simultaneously divulge more about the nature of the condition for which he sought treatment -- to wit an emotional or mental problem -- than Evidence Code section 1014 requires him to disclose." ( City of Alhambra v. Superior Court, supra, at p. 519.)