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Case3:12-cv-03112-EMC Document23 Filed07/01/12 Page1 of 30 1 Kurt Opsahl (SBN 191303) [email protected] 2 Matthew Zimmerman (SBN 212423) 3 [email protected] Corynne McSherry (SBN 221504) 4 [email protected] ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 5 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 6 Telephone: (415) 436-9333 7 Facsimile: (415) 436-9993 8 Venkat Balasubramani (SBN 189192) [email protected] 9 Focal PLLC 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100 10 Seattle, WA 98104 11 Telephone: (206) 529-4827 Facsimile: (206) 260-3966 12 Attorneys for Defendant Matthew Inman 13 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 17 CHARLES CARREON, ) Case No.: 12-cv-3112-EMC ) 18 Plaintiff, ) ) 19 DEFENDANT MATTHEW INMAN’S v. ) ) OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S 20 ) APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY MATTHEW INMAN, INDIEGOGO, INC., ) RESTRAINING ORDER 21 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, AND AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, ) ) Date: TBD 22 and Does 1 – 100, ) Defendants, Time: TBD ) Courtroom: 5 – 17th Floor 23 ) and ) Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen 24 ) KAMALA HARRIS, Attorney General of the ) 25 State of California, ) ) 26 A Person To Be Joined If ) ) 27 Feasible Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 19 )) 28 No.: 12-cv-3112-EMC INMAN’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Case3:12-cv-03112-EMC Document23 Filed07/01/12 Page2 of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 2 II. STATEMENT OF FACTS ......................................................................................................... 2 3 4 A. Background ....................................................................................................................... 2 5 B. The Lawsuit ....................................................................................................................... 6 6 III. ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................................ 7 7 A. Mr. Carreon is Not Likely to Succeed on the Merits. ....................................................... 7 8 1. The First Amendment Fully Protects Mr. Inman’s Fundraising Campaign ............ 8 9 (a) Mr. Inman is Engaged in Non-Commercial Speech ........................................ 9 10 (b) Mr. Inman’s BLGCB Campaign is Protected Speech ..................................... 9 11 2. Mr. Carreon’s Section 17500 Claim Also Fails as a Matter of Law ...................... 11 12 (a) Mr. Inman is Not a Commercial Fundraiser .................................................. 11 13 (b) Mr. Inman Did Not Make Any Misrepresentations ...................................... 12 14 (c) Mr. Carreon’s Donation Does Not Give Him an Injury in Fact Necessary 15 for a Section 17500 Claim ............................................................................ 15 16 3. Mr. Carreon Does Not Have Standing to Assert a Violation of Government 17 Code 12599. ........................................................................................................... 16 18 B. Mr. Carreon Is Not Likely To Suffer Irreparable Harm In The Absence Of Preliminary Relief ......................................................................................................... 19 19 1. Possibility of Harm is Not Sufficient ..................................................................... 20 20 2. Mr. Carreon Has Only a Financial Injury .............................................................. 21 21 3. An Injunction is Not an Available Remedy ........................................................... 21 22 C. The Balance of Equities Tips in Mr. Inman’s Favor ....................................................... 22 23 24 D. An Injunction Is Not In The Public Interest .................................................................... 23 25 E. Mr. Carreon is Required to Obtain a Bond ...................................................................... 23 26 IV. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 23 27 28 i No.: 12-cv-3112-EMC INMAN’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Case3:12-cv-03112-EMC Document23 Filed07/01/12 Page3 of 30 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 1 FEDERAL CASES 2 3 Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) ............................................................................................................. 12 4 Bridges v. California, 5 314 U.S. 252 (1941) ............................................................................................................... 9 6 Campbell Soup Co. v. ConAgra, Inc., 7 977 F.2d 86 (3d Cir. 1992) ................................................................................................... 21 8 Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971) ............................................................................................................... 10 9 Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Def. & Educ. Fund, Inc., 10 473 U.S. 788 (1985) ............................................................................................................... 9 11 Dworkin v. Hustler Magazine, 12 867 F. 2d 1188 (9th Cir. 1989) ............................................................................................. 10 13 eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, LLC, 547 U.S. 388 (2006) ............................................................................................................. 21 14 15 Goldie’s Bookstore, Inc. v. Superior Court, 739 F.2d 466 (9th Cir. 1984) ................................................................................................ 21 16 Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 17 485 U.S. 46 (1988) ......................................................................................................... 10, 11 18 Illinois ex rel. Madigan v. Telemarketing Assocs., Inc., 19 538 U.S. 600 (2003) ............................................................................................................. 15 20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Comm’n v. NFL, 634 F.2d 1197 (9th Cir. 1980) ........................................................................................ 21, 22 21 22 NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 (1982) ....................................................................................................... 10, 11 23 Rent-A-Center, Inc. v. Canyon Television & Appliance Rental, Inc., 24 944 F.2d 597 (9th Cir. 1991) ................................................................................................ 21 25 Riley v. Nat’l Fed’n of Blind of N.C., Inc., 26 487 U.S. 781 (1988) ......................................................................................................... 9, 15 27 Sammartano v. First Judicial Dist. Ct., 303 F.3d 959 (9th Cir. 2002) ................................................................................................ 22 28 ii No.: 12-cv-3112-EMC INMAN’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Case3:12-cv-03112-EMC Document23 Filed07/01/12 Page4 of 30 United States v. Assoc’d Press, 1 52 F. Supp. 362 (S.D.N.Y. 1943), aff’d, 326 U.S. 1 (1945) ................................................. 11 2 Vill. of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 3 444 U.S. 620 (1980) ............................................................................................................... 9 4 Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7 (2008) ....................................................................................................... 7, 20, 23 5 6 STATE CASES 7 Colgan v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 135 Cal. App. 4th 663 (2006) ............................................................................................... 22 8 Farmers Ins. Exch. v. Superior Court, 9 137 Cal. App. 4th 842 (2006) ............................................................................................... 17 10 Hardman v. Feinstein, 11 195 Cal. App. 3d 157 (1987) ................................................................................................ 18 12 Holt v. College of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons, 61 Cal. 2d 750 (1964) ..................................................................................................... 17, 18 13 14 In re Tobacco II Cases, 46 Cal. 4th 298 (2009) .................................................................................................... 16, 21 15 Kasky v. Nike, Inc., 16 45 P.3d 243 (Cal. 2002) .......................................................................................................... 9 17 Kwikset Corp. v. Superior Court, 18 51 Cal. 4th 310 (2011) .......................................................................................................... 16 19 L.B. Research & Education Foundation v. UCLA Foundation, 130 Cal. App. 4th 171 (2005) ............................................................................................... 18 20 21 Mirkin v. Wasserman, 5 Cal. 4th 1082 (1993) .......................................................................................................... 16 22 Patton v. Sherwood, 23 152 Cal. App. 4th 339 (2007) ............................................................................................... 18 24 San Diego etc. Boy Scouts of America v. City of Escondido, 25 14 Cal. App. 3d 189 (1971) .................................................................................................. 18 26 27 28 iii No.: 12-cv-3112-EMC