In Union Home Mortg. Corp. v. Cromer, No. 21-3492 (6th Cir. Apr. 6, 2022), in a case involving enforcement of a non-compete covenant, the Sixth Circuit vacates a preliminary injunction against the defendant to bar him from “competing with Union Home,” finding that it was overbroad and “fails to satisfy the specificity requirements of FederalContinue reading “Sixth Circuit Finds Preliminary Injunction Barring a Defendant From “Competing” With Plaintiff, Without Time Limits, Fails the Specificity Requirement of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)”
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Tenth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Under Lanham Act, but “Went Too Far” With Mandatory Provision Requiring Removal of Two Sculptures from School Campus
In The Trial Lawyers College v. Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, No. 20-8038 (10th Cir. Jan. 27, 2022), the Tenth Circuit substantially affirms a district court’s preliminary injunction in a dispute between two rival factions at a trial-lawyer school, though it holds the district court abused its discretion by “ordering removal of sculptures bearing theContinue reading “Tenth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Under Lanham Act, but “Went Too Far” With Mandatory Provision Requiring Removal of Two Sculptures from School Campus”
Fifth Circuit Scales Back Nationwide Injunction of Federal Vaccine Mandate to Just the Fourteen States that Were Named Plaintiffs
In State of Louisiana v. Becerra, No. 21-30734 (5th Cir. Dec. 15, 2021) (per curiam), the Fifth Circuit denies the federal government’s motion to stay a district court’s preliminary injunction barring enforcement of a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for medical providers receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds. But it scales it back from a fifty-state injunction toContinue reading “Fifth Circuit Scales Back Nationwide Injunction of Federal Vaccine Mandate to Just the Fourteen States that Were Named Plaintiffs”
Split Eleventh Circuit Panel Holds That Nationwide Injunction of a Federal Vaccine Mandate in Louisiana Court Does Not Moot Issue of an Emergency Injunction Pending Appeal in Florida, Casting Doubt on Propriety of the Louisiana Court’s Nationwide Order
In a 94-page order about whether to grant the State of Florida an injunction pending appeal of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in hospitals, a split panel in State of Florida v. Dep’t of Health and Human Servs., No. 21-10498 (11th Cir. Dec. 6, 2021), holds that the entry of a “nationwide” injunction ofContinue reading “Split Eleventh Circuit Panel Holds That Nationwide Injunction of a Federal Vaccine Mandate in Louisiana Court Does Not Moot Issue of an Emergency Injunction Pending Appeal in Florida, Casting Doubt on Propriety of the Louisiana Court’s Nationwide Order”
Ninth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Ordering Los Angeles to House All Local Homeless, Faulting the Lower Court for “Impermissibly Resort[ing] to Independent Research and Extra-Record Evidence.”
In LA Alliance for Human Rights v. County of Los Angeles, No. 21-55395 (9th Cir. Sept. 23, 2021), the panel eviscerated a preliminary injunction won by a group of homeless advocates, holding that the district court made findings based on its own research, based on claims not raised by the plaintiffs. “Nearly one in fourContinue reading “Ninth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Ordering Los Angeles to House All Local Homeless, Faulting the Lower Court for “Impermissibly Resort[ing] to Independent Research and Extra-Record Evidence.””
Opening a Trap for the Unwary, the Eighth Circuit Holds That the Fourteen-Day Period to File a Fee Petition Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 Applies to Preliminary Injunctions
In Spirit Lake Tribe v. Jaeger, No. 20-2142 (8th Cir. July 16, 2021), the Eighth Circuit holds that a fee petition for work performed on a preliminary injunction must be submitted within 14 days of the interlocutory order, rather than waiting until the final judgment, contrary to the Advisory Committee Note’s commentary. “The plaintiffs suedContinue reading “Opening a Trap for the Unwary, the Eighth Circuit Holds That the Fourteen-Day Period to File a Fee Petition Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 Applies to Preliminary Injunctions”
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