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Order that Facebook disclose victim's messages must be reconsidered by trial court, California top court says

By Amy Miller ( August 13, 2020, 22:27 GMT | Insight) -- A California trial court will have to reconsider Facebook's bid to stop a subpoena to turn over private messages in a criminal suit, the California Supreme Court said in an opinion issued today. The trial court erred “by conducting an incomplete assessment of the relevant factors and interests” when it denied Facebook’s request to halt the subpoena, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote. But the court sidestepped the closely watched legal question of whether Facebook is prohibited from disclosing the messages under the federal Stored Communications Act. A California trial court will have to reconsider Facebook's bid to stop a subpoena to turn over private messages in a criminal suit, the California Supreme Court said in an opinion issued today. ...

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