Oscar AGUILAR et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
v.
AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 2, 1999.
August 2, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
McKenna & Cuneo, Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfeld Kelly & Kraemer, Joanne Dellaverson, Joel P. Kelly, Donna M. Flutter, John F. Baum, San Francisco, and Thomas A. Myers, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants.
Bruce Adelstein, Los Angeles; Michael E. Rosman and Hans F. Bader, Washington, DC, for the National Writers Union, the Reason Foundation, the Libertarian Law Council and the Center for Individual Rights as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
J. Joshua Wheeler, for the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Edwin L. Currey, Jr., San Francisco, Albert P. Bedecarre, Los Angeles, Mary Bossart Halfpenny, Adam M. Dodek; La Raza Centro Legal and Renee Saucedo for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Margaret C. Crosby, Ann Brick and Edward M. Chen, for American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Morrison & Foerster, William Alsup; Patricia A. Shiu, San Francisco, Jennifer Middleton, Claudia Center and Elizabeth Letcher for the Employment Law Center as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
GEORGE, C.J.
A jury found that defendants had engaged in employment discrimination, in part by permitting plaintiffs to be the target of racial epithets repeatedly spoken by a fellow employee. In addition to awarding damages, the trial court issued an injunction prohibiting the offending employee from using such epithets in the future. Defendants argue that such an injunction constitutes a prior restraint that violates their constitutional right to freedom of speech...
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