Also known as: injunctions · injunctive · injunctively · injunctive relief
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A judicial order directing a party to perform or refrain from performing a specified act. The order is enforceable by contempt and is available when monetary damages would not provide adequate relief.
Ivy Investments moves for a preliminary injunction to halt a competitor's alleged trademark infringement. The district court schedules a hearing and requires Ivy to serve notice on the competitor before considering the motion. Because notice is provided, the court proceeds to evaluate whether the injunction should issue.
Irene Ingalls sues Ivan Ivanov for repeated trespass across her farmland. She seeks an injunction rather than damages. The court compares the adequacy of an injunction stopping future entries against an award of money damages and grants the injunction because ongoing trespass cannot be fully remedied by payment.
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Infinity Bank holds a mortgage on property owned by Israel Irving. Irving begins demolishing structures that secure the loan. The bank sues and obtains an injunction prohibiting further demolition because the waste threatens to impair the bank's security interest.
Isabelle Inman obtains a preliminary injunction in district court barring Imran Iyer from using disputed trade secrets. Iyer immediately appeals the order to the court of appeals. The appellate court accepts jurisdiction because the order grants an injunction.
Ironwood Capital contracts with Island Manufacturing and includes a liquidated damages provision for breach of a non-compete. Island Manufacturing begins competing anyway. Ironwood seeks an injunction to enforce the covenant. The court grants the injunction even though the contract provides for liquidated damages.
A state environmental official continues to enforce a permitting scheme that violates federal law. Affected landowners sue the official in federal court for prospective injunctive relief requiring future compliance. The court permits the suit to proceed because the official is treated as stripped of state authority when acting unconstitutionally.
A court may issue a preliminary injunction only after notice to the adverse party under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(a)(1). Without notice the movant must satisfy additional strict requirements for a temporary restraining order.
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No. Specific performance or an injunction may be granted to enforce a duty even though the contract contains a liquidated damages provision.
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Under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) the courts of appeals have jurisdiction over interlocutory orders granting, continuing, modifying, refusing, or dissolving injunctions.
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An injunction is available only to the extent the waste has impaired or threatens to impair the mortgagee's security.
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