Court Opinion

ID: 9478739
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:57:07.968123+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:36.031204
License: Public Domain

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I join the judgment of the court and in the essential reasoning of its opinion. I write separately only to emphasize that I do not read the court’s opinion as diluting the importance of the merits of the government’s underlying case in assessing a request for injunctive relief under section 13(b). A strong showing by the government that a violation of law has occurred necessarily produces “public equities” that must “receive far greater weight” than “private equities.” FTC v. Warner Communications, Inc., 742 F.2d 1156, 1165 (9th Cir.1984) (per curiam). Of course, “private equities may be considered.” Id. When the government’s case is weak, the “public equities” will be less clear. Consequently, in such a case, “private equities” often will play a more dominant role in the analysis.