Carol Corrigan

Carol Ann Corrigan (born August 16, 1948) is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court.

Corrigan, the daughter of a newspaperman and a homemaker, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley city of Stockton, California.

In 1994, Governor Pete Wilson appointed her as an associate justice in the California Court of Appeal, First District.

[9] Corrigan's notable opinions include a March 2, 2017, ruling in City of San Jose v. Superior Court,[10] that emails and text messages on personal devices of government employees are subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.

[13][14][15] In 2011, she authored the majority opinion in Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach, in which the court upheld a city ordinance banning plastic bags, reversing the appellate court.