Injunction

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• McCORQUODALE v. Keyton
  63 So. 2d 906· Fla.· 1953-03-31 ·cited 38×
  McCorquodale, a land developer, platted and dedicated a portion of his property as "Sunnyside Park" for the use of lot owners in his subdivision. When he and a subsequent occupant excluded lot owners from this park area, owners of lots in the subdivision sought an injunction. The
• Hunter v. Atchison
  188 F.2d 294· 7th Cir.· 1951-03-26 ·cited 38×
  The court held that the district court erred in refusing to consider evidence regarding whether the plaintiffs had actual notice of the Adjustment Board proceedings or had authorized representation, as such notice or authorization would estop them from claiming the award was void
• Ebeling v. Woods
  175 F.2d 242· 8th Cir.· 1949-06-10 ·cited 38×
  The court held that the Administrator could seek restitution for rent overcharges under the Emergency Price Control Act even after its expiration, as the Act's saving clause preserved such rights.
• State Bev. Dep't OF Fla. & James T. Vocelle v. Willis
  159 Fla. 698· Fla.· 1947-11-21 ·cited 38×
  The Florida Supreme Court reversed a lower court decree that enjoined revocation of a beverage license, holding that the proper remedy for challenging license revocation is a common law writ of certiorari, not an equity suit, and that the record supported the director's revocatio
• Kincade v. Mikles
  144 F.2d 784· 8th Cir.· 1944-10-05 ·cited 38×
  The court held that the trial court erred in entering a judgment against the surety company which was not a party to the action, but affirmed the judgment against the construction company for negligence.
• Jackson Grain Co. v. LEE
  150 Fla. 232· Fla.· 1942-03-27 ·cited 38×·via Injunctive Decree
  Jackson Grain Company and other chain stores appealed the lower court's order striking parts of their answer and dismissing their counterclaim in a tax dispute with Florida's Comptroller. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the Comptroller's previous inability to col
• Moore v. Spanish River Land Co.
  118 Fla. 549· Fla.· 1935-02-28 ·cited 38×
  A taxpayer sought to enjoin the Town of Boca Raton from paying lien certificates for street improvements and to restrain contractors from suing on those certificates. The trial court dismissed the bill against contractor Clint Moore but made permanent a restraining order against
• Brown v. City of St. Petersburg
  111 Fla. 718· Fla.· 1933-08-08 ·cited 38×
  The Florida Supreme Court held that a city manager lacks authority to make purchases on behalf of a municipality unless that authority is granted by ordinance, not by resolution. The court reversed the lower court's dismissal of an injunction against a city manager's unauthorized
• Lilly K. Heisler and Her Husband v. Marceau
  95 Fla. 135· Fla.· 1928-02-13 ·cited 38×
  This case concerns the interpretation of restrictive covenants in a deed for lots in a subdivision. The court had to decide if using a property as a sanitarium violated covenants restricting its use to a strictly residential section. The court affirmed the lower court's decision,
• Gillis v. State Live Stock Sanitary Bd.
  94 Fla. 890· Fla.· 1927-11-08 ·cited 38×
  A Florida cattle owner challenged the State Live Stock Sanitary Board's authority to dip his tick-free cow and calf, arguing they fell within a statutory exception for animals kept in tick-free enclosures. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's denial of a temporary injunct
• Stephenson v. The Nat'l Bank of Winter Haven
  92 Fla. 347· Fla.· 1926-07-24 ·cited 38×
  Stephenson, a lessee of commercial real estate, appeals orders granting a temporary restraining order that prevented him from making alterations to the building's exterior walls. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the injunction, holding that absent an enforceable agreement with
• Foreclosure Freesearch, Inc. v. Sullivan
  12 So. 3d 771· Fla. 4th DCA· 2009-04-29 ·cited 37×·via Injunction Criteria
  Foreclosure FreeSearch appealed a trial court's temporary injunction blocking a reverse stock split and appraisal process affecting minority shareholders Sullivan and Muttillo. The appellate court reversed, holding that the appraisal process constitutes an adequate remedy at law
• The City OF N. Miami v. Kurtz
  653 So. 2d 1025· Fla.· 1995-04-20 ·cited 37×
  The Florida Supreme Court upheld a city employment regulation requiring job applicants to certify they have not used tobacco for one year before being considered for hire. The Court held that applicants have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding smoking habits under Flor
• Ill. Psychological Ass'n v. Falk
  818 F.2d 1337· 7th Cir.· 1987-05-12 ·cited 37×
  The court held that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a sufficient likelihood of success on the merits to warrant a preliminary injunction against state regulation, and thus the denial of the injunction was proper.
• Specialty Rests. Corp. v. City OF Miami
  501 So. 2d 101· Fla. 3d DCA· 1987-01-20 ·cited 37×
  Specialty Restaurants challenged the City of Miami's consent to a sublease that allowed the sale of alcoholic beverages beyond beer on adjacent property, arguing the master lease only permitted beer and that any modification required competitive bidding or voter approval. The cou
• Religious Tech. Ctr. & Church of Scientology Int'l, Inc. v. Wollersheim
  796 F.2d 1076· 9th Cir.· 1986-08-08 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
  Injunctive relief is not available to a private plaintiff in a civil RICO action, and sacred scriptures do not meet the definition of a trade secret under California law.
• Int'l Food & Bev. Sys. v. City OF Fort Lauderdale
  794 F.2d 1520· 11th Cir.· 1986-07-25 ·cited 37×
  The court held that the district court erred in enjoining the city's ordinances based on a misapplication of First Amendment law, particularly regarding site availability and the presumption of legislative intent.
• Donovan v. Sovereign Sec., Ltd.
  726 F.2d 55· 2d Cir.· 1984-01-05 ·cited 37×
  The court held that the district court erred in eliminating pre- and post-judgment interest from a back pay award under the FLSA and in denying the Secretary's petition for civil contempt.
• Crouse-Hinds Co. v. Internorth, Inc.
  634 F.2d 690· 2d Cir.· 1980-11-14 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The court held that the district court improperly allocated the burden of proof regarding the business judgment rule when assessing the merits of InterNorth's counterclaim for a preliminary injunction.
• Treadway Cos., Inc. v. Care Corp.
  638 F.2d 357· 2d Cir.· 1980-08-12 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
• Dep't OF Transp. v. Burnette
  384 So. 2d 916· Fla. 1st DCA· 1980-06-11 ·cited 37×
  The Department of Transportation appeals from an injunction requiring it to either condemn Burnette's 100-acre property or cease diverting water onto it. The court affirms the injunction against continued water diversion but reverses the finding of a constitutional taking, holdin
• Winnebago Tribe OF Nebraska v. Col. James W. RAY
  621 F.2d 269· 8th Cir.· 1980-03-13 ·cited 37×·via Injunction Pending Appeal
  The court held that the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a permit to cross the Missouri River was not a "major federal action" requiring an Environmental Impact Statement under NEPA, and the Tribe failed to raise substantial environmental issues.
• Ealy v. Talmadge Littlejohn
  569 F.2d 219· 5th Cir.· 1978-03-08 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
• Seville Condo. # 1, Inc. v. Clearwater Dev. Corp.
  340 So. 2d 1243· Fla. 2d DCA· 1976-12-17 ·cited 37×
  In this interlocutory appeal, the Florida District Court of Appeal reversed an order compelling arbitration between condominium associations and their management corporation, holding that the management corporation waived its right to arbitration through inconsistent pre-suit con
• L. Batlin & SON, Inc. v. Snyder
  536 F.2d 486· 2d Cir.· 1976-04-12 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The court should reverse the district court's finding that the plastic bank embodied only trivial variations from a public domain work, as minimal variations are sufficient for copyrightability.
• The Williston Highlands Dev. Corp. v. R. D. Hogue and his wife
  277 So. 2d 260· Fla.· 1973-05-02 ·cited 37×
  The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a suit seeking to enforce Florida Statute § 704.05, which limits mining and drilling easements to twenty years, holding that the statute does not operate retroactively and therefore does not apply to pre-existing easements. The
• Exhibitors Poster Exch., Inc. v. Nat'l Screen Serv. Corp.
  441 F.2d 560· 5th Cir.· 1971-04-30 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
• United States ex rel. Shell OIL Co. v. Barco Corp. & John Barakat
  430 F.2d 998· 8th Cir.· 1970-08-13 ·cited 37×
  The court held that 18 U.S.C. § 401 is not unconstitutionally vague and that appellants' claim of prior art did not excuse their contempt for violating a patent injunction.
• Junior Food Stores OF W. Fla., Inc. v. JR. Food Stores, Inc.
  226 So. 2d 393· Fla.· 1969-09-17 ·cited 37×
  In this common law tradename protection case, the Florida Supreme Court held that merely registering a tradename does not grant exclusive use rights, and that protection extends only within the territorial scope of actual business operations. The court reversed an injunction agai
• Dist. 50 v. Int'l Union
  412 F.2d 165· D.C. Cir.· 1969-04-10 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The court held that the trial court erred in granting a preliminary injunction because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a persuasive case for irreparable harm or a sufficient likelihood of success on the merits.
• United Indus. Workers of the Seafarers Int'l Union of N. Am. v. Bd. OF Trs. OF Galveston Wharves & the City of Galveston
  400 F.2d 320· 5th Cir.· 1968-08-08 ·cited 37×·via Request For Injunction
  The court held that a federal court has the authority to order backpay as a sanction for a carrier's violation of Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act, and that a federal court can enjoin state proceedings that interfere with its federal labor law orders.
• Meredith v. Fair
  298 F.2d 696· 5th Cir.· 1962-01-12 ·cited 37×·via Preliminary Injunction
• In re the Petition of Kinoshita & Co., Ltd.
  287 F.2d 951· 2d Cir.· 1961-03-16 ·cited 37×
  The court held that the arbitration clause was not broad enough to cover allegations of fraud in the inducement, and that there was no substance to the fraud claim.
• Barrow v. Forace F. Holland
  125 So. 2d 749· Fla.· 1960-12-19 ·cited 37×
  The Florida Supreme Court reversed a lower court decree that upheld the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission's authority to require a permit for operating a wildlife exhibit. The court held that while the Commission has authority to regulate taking and possession of native Florid
• Marsh v. Sarasota Cnty.
  97 So. 2d 312· Fla. 2d DCA· 1957-09-18 ·cited 37×
  The court held that the county had the implied power to withdraw lands from homesteading, and the appellant waived any procedural objections by not raising them below.
• Webb v. Hill
  75 So. 2d 596· Fla.· 1954-10-29 ·cited 37×·via Temporary Injunction
  Florida Supreme Court reversed a trial court's grant of a temporary injunction preventing the State Road Department from accepting bids for construction of a state road section in Wakulla County. The Court held that the road was properly designated as part of the state highway sy
• House v. Cotton
  52 So.2d 340· Fla.· 1951-04-24 ·cited 37×
  The Supreme Court of Florida addressed the enforceability of a lease covenant requiring a lessee to assign a liquor license back to the lessor upon lease termination. The court held that such covenants are enforceable, recognizing liquor licenses as having property value beyond a
• Johnson v. Butler Bros.
  162 F.2d 87· 8th Cir.· 1947-06-11 ·cited 37×·via Interlocutory Injunction
  The court held that the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, by stating actions may be 'maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction,' grants employees the right to prosecute their claims to final judgment in the state court where filed, preventing removal to federal court.
• Reuben B. Garnett et ux. v. The Jacksonville
  20 Fla. 889· Fla.· 1884-06-01 ·cited 37×
  Property owners sought to enjoin a railroad company from constructing a steam railway on a street adjacent to their property, claiming it would constitute a nuisance and damage their property values. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the dissolution of the injunction, holding th
• Vital Pharms., Inc. v. Alfieri
  23 F.4th 1282· 11th Cir.· 2022-01-20 ·cited 36×·via Preliminary Injunction
  Vital Pharmaceuticals sued four former employees and their new employer to enforce restrictive covenants from employment agreements, seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent them from working for a competitor and disclosing confidential information. The Eleventh Circuit vacate
• United States v. Askins & Miller Orthopaedics, P.A.
  924 F.3d 1348· 11th Cir.· 2019-05-23 ·cited 36×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The Eleventh Circuit held that the IRS may be entitled to a preliminary injunction against a serial tax delinquent, as a suit for money damages is not necessarily an adequate remedy at law when the taxpayer is judgment-proof and has a history of evading payment.
• FOX v. Madsen
  12 So. 3d 1261· Fla. 4th DCA· 2009-07-01 ·cited 36×
  Fox homeowners appealed a mandatory injunction requiring removal of their driveway that violated restrictive covenants in their subdivision. The court affirmed, holding that the five-year statute of limitations for injunctive actions applied rather than the one-year limitations p
• THE Florida BAR v. Rapoport
  845 So. 2d 874· Fla.· 2003-02-20 ·cited 36×
  The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a finding that Albert A. Rapoport, a Washington D.C.-licensed attorney, engaged in the unlicensed practice of law in Florida by representing parties in securities arbitration proceedings without a Florida bar license. The Court rejected Rapoport
• Davidoff & CIE, S.A. v. PLD Int'l Corp.
  263 F.3d 1297· 11th Cir.· 2001-08-28 ·cited 36×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order granting a preliminary injunction against PLD for trademark infringement. The court held that the unauthorized resale of a trademarked product that is materially different from the genuine product constitutes infringement,
• The NEW York Times Co. v. PHH Mental Health Servs., Inc.
  616 So. 2d 27· Fla.· 1993-03-25 ·cited 36×
  The Florida Supreme Court held that a private entity acting on behalf of a public agency is not liable for attorney's fees under Florida's public records statute when the entity reasonably and in good faith denies access because its legal status under the statute is genuinely unc
• White v. Metro. Dade Cnty.
  563 So. 2d 117· Fla. 3d DCA· 1990-05-22 ·cited 36×
  Residents and heirs of the original grantors challenged Dade County's construction of the Lipton International Tennis Center at Crandon Park, arguing it violated a 1940 deed restriction limiting the land to "public park purposes only." The Third District reversed the trial court
• State OF Ala. v. The United States Env't Prot. Agency
  871 F.2d 1548· 11th Cir.· 1989-04-18 ·cited 36×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The court held that challenges to EPA's remedial actions under CERCLA are barred by § 113(h) until the action is completed, and that plaintiffs lacked standing for their constitutional claims.
• Michenfelder v. Sumner
  860 F.2d 328· 9th Cir.· 1988-10-26 ·cited 36×·via Preliminary Injunction
  The court held that the prison's strip search policy and taser use policy were reasonably related to legitimate penological interests and did not violate the Fourth or Eighth Amendments. Procedural claims were also found meritless.
• Love v. Thomas
  858 F.2d 1347· 9th Cir.· 1988-01-29 ·cited 36×
  The court held that the district court had jurisdiction to review an emergency suspension order of a pesticide registration, even when no expedited hearing was requested by the registrant.
• Hunt v. Bankers Tr. Co.
  799 F.2d 1060· 5th Cir.· 1986-09-15 ·cited 36×
  The court held that it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal, denied the request for a stay, dismissed the appeal for lack of merit, and directed the transfer of bankruptcy cases to the Northern District of Texas.