For questions relating to court orders that compels a party to do or refrain from certain acts.
Questions tagged [injunctions]
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Can I, as a US citizen, sue the federal government to avoid being deported to El Salvador?
As a US citizen not charged with or convicted of any federal crime, it would be completely illegal for the US government to arrest me, deport me, and hand me over to the government of El Salvador to be indefinitely imprisoned there. But, such things…
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How would one comply with a court order to unpublish unlimitable information?
(If this has been asked, please deduplicate; I searched but couldn't find anything similar. Thanks!)
This is wholly hypothetical, I hope. Let's have two people, "Alice" and "Bob". Alice publishes some data that, for whatever legal reason, they ought…
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Why are injuctions being taken out against climate change protest groups?
In the UK over the past couple of years, there have been spates of climate protest groups (Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil, etc), causing public nuisance, including:
Gluing themselves to road surfaces to block them
Scaling bridges to block…
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Declaration of intent to breach as cause of legal action
Say that "James" does work under a valid nondisclosure agreement. During an argument with his manager, he declares that he intends to leak information covered by the NDA.
Is there anything the employer can do to preemptively stop him, or must it…
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What happens when court orders issued by different countries contradict each other?
Two recent examples have prompted me to wonder about this:
In the Equustek case a Canadian company has gained an injunction in the Canadian courts ordering Google to remove certain material worldwide. Google now has an injunction in the US blocking…
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What's the problem with nationwide injunctions?
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants. But the case before them wasn't the merits of the EO, but more technical: did the lower court…
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How do the US Supreme Court justices decide to deny an application for injunctive relief?
On Dec 8 2020 the US Supreme Court denies Sen. Mike Lee's emergency application for injunctive relief to vacate the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on Nov 25 2020.
The US Supreme Court order to deny the application comes as "Order in pending…
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Can a new device owner compel a previous owner to un-register it from their account with the manufacturer?
Say I become the owner of an electronic device, like a Chromebook or iPhone, that can be locked to the current owner's account with the manufacturer (this may not be completely realistic, but take it as an assumption for this hypothetical).
Say I…
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Is it legal to break into a property from which you are unlawfully evicted by the landlord while they are currently inside if you don’t threaten/harm?
The landlady gave no formal notices or court processes to end my lease or repossess the property. I was out of the property at the gym for less than 2 hours, and returned to find she had hired a locksmith to drill through the lock in the door. There…
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What is the difference between mandamus and injunction? What if the party is a government official?
Wikipedia defines mandamus as:
Mandamus is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a court[1] to any government, subordinate court, corporation, or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some specific act which that body is obliged…
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To which court can you file an interlocutory appeal from a superior court in California?
To the California Court of Appeal of the [ordinal number] District or to the United States District Court for the [geographic jurisdiction] District of California?
If both, is any of them almost always more advisable? Which one and why?
Thank you!
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Is a Restraining Order or an Injunction Dropped in a Medical or Other Emergency
I was recently browsing through social media when I came across this image. (See below)
As unlikely as it seems that this image is real, it did get me thinking, are Restraining Order or Injunction Rules dropped in a Medical Emergency or…
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Court order to obtain US death certificate
My father was born in England and adopted as a young child. He never knew who his real parents were. I have recently found out who his mother and father were using DNA tests. I have obtained his original birth certificate from the UK Records…
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Something Less than an Injunction
Injunctions (judicial orders that prevent a party from beginning or continuing an action that infringes on the rights of another) in the U.S. are typically either permanent or preliminary--the distinction being that the former is a post-trial…
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Bar to win a preliminary injunction to block an M&A deal
This is a thread of tweet about the bar FTC has to meet to block an M&A deal.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1669428214513672193.html
My question is does this bar only apply to FTC? Is it the case that only FTC can sue to block an M&A deal based…
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