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SAN FRANCISCO - The public does not have a right to personnel or other records of police officers challenging their discipline or firing, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The San Diego Union-Tribune's case settled conflicting lower court decisions and drew sharp dissent from one justice who said the California Public Records Act demands disclosure.

Justice Ming Chin, writing for the majority, said the act adopted in 1968 and repeatedly amended, has a number of exemptions.

"The right of access under the CPRA is not absolute," Chin wrote.

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