Carruth and Christopher S. Glasrud and Bruce A. Owdom for Real Party in Interest. In exchange for a generous gift to the California State University, Fresno Foundation Foundation , also a University-affiliated auxiliary corporation, donors may obtain luxury suites in the arena for five-, sevenor ten-year terms.
The donors enter into license agreements with the Association for use of the luxury suites. Some of the donors who obtained luxury suites requested to remain anonymous.
The University denied the request, and McClatchy filed a petition for writ of mandate. Respondent court ordered the University and the Association to disclose the identities of the undisclosed licensees and to produce the license agreements. The Board of Trustees of the University and John Welty, the University's president collectively referred to as the University , and the Association filed petitions for writ of mandate challenging the respondent court's order, which has been stayed pending resolution by this court.
Having reviewed the matter, we deny the University's writ petition, but grant the Association's writ petition and direct respondent court to vacate that portion of its order commanding the Association to disclose the identities of the undisclosed licensees and to produce the license agreements.
Respondent court's order remains unchanged with respect to the University. The time has come to disclose the requested documents. The Save Mart Center will house the University's sports teams, including basketball, volleyball and wrestling, and will be a venue for community concerts, cultural events, educational conferences and graduation ceremonies.
