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category: Law Enforcement & Legal
summary: Eckerson's disclosure statements on file at the Mariposa County Courthouse
  indicated that he owned stock in MCA Entertainment Corporation.
tags:
- Person
- Lawyer
- LawEnforcement
updated: 2026-09-22
---

[Bruce Eckerson](/people/bruce-eckerson/) was the Mariposa County District Attorney. He was closely associated with [Ed Hardy](/people/ed-hardy/), president of Curry Company, and County Assessor [Steve Dunbar](/people/steve-dunbar/), and Congressman [Tony Coelho](/people/tony-coelho/). These men were known for their annual camping trips together.[^1]

Eckerson's disclosure statements on file at the Mariposa County Courthouse indicated that he owned stock in [MCA](/organizations/music-corporation-of-america/) Entertainment Corporation. He was appointed by [John Van de Kamp](/people/john-van-de-kamp/), the State Attorney General, to take charge of the investigation into the "[Queen's Accident](/events/queens-accident/)" and submit a new report, after Van de Kamp allegedly told his assistant to "discard" the original report.[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal.* TrineDay, 2010. Contemporaneous reporting describes Eckerson as the county's elected district attorney who resisted for six months the CHP's pressure to prosecute Sinclair and engaged a retired CHP lieutenant, Bob Kovach, to review its evidence: "Highway Patrol's Crash investigation questioned," United Press International, September 25, 1983 (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/25/Highway-Patrols-Crash-investigation-questioned/7300433310400/). Sole source for the passages so cited.