Court Opinion

ID: 9788693
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:16:01.314781+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:16.042030
License: Public Domain

WERDEGAR, J., Concurring.
I write separately because I agree partly with the majority and partly with Justice Moreno. I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not necessarily preclude injunctive relief in trade secret cases. I find in Justice Moreno’s concurring opinion, however, a more satisfying reconciliation of that conclusion with the constitutional rules governing prior restraints and content-based restrictions of speech.
*891The court agrees that a reviewing court in First Amendment cases must examine the entire record independently to ensure that the factual predicates for injunctive relief truly exist. Justice Moreno would have us conduct that examination ourselves. Certainly we have the power to do so. In my view, however, considerations of judicial economy justify the majority’s decision to leave this factually intensive task to the Court of Appeal. (See Cal. Const., art. VI, § 12, subd. (c); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 29(b)(3).)