Injunctions
An injunction is a Court Order requiring someone to do something, preventing them from doing something, or making them stop doing something. A mandatory injunction seeks to change the status quo. are requested in a number of different situations. Here are a few examples.
(1) A school district in Sussex County refused to allow a student to enroll in a local high school. The parents sued for a Court order requiring the school district to enroll their child.
(2) A restaurant sued New Castle Count seeking an order requiring the Count to issue a certificate of occupancy.
(3) A homeowners association sued the owner of a house who they say built an encroachment in a common area. The Association asked for an order requiring him to remove it.
(4) A company sought injunctive relief against someone who obtained trade secrets by improper means.
(5) A widow sued several government officials seeking an injunction preventing them from publicly releasing the results of her husband’s autopsy report which would reveal the circumstances and cause of her husband’s death.
(6) An employer sues a former employee to obtain an order preventing him from soliciting the employer’s customers in violation of a contract.
One thing that all of these cases have in common is the requirement that the plaintiff establish that it does not have an adequate remedy at law. In other words, money damages will not provide the plaintiff with justice.
