Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc.
555 U.S. 7 (2008) Cited 17,898 times 72 Legal AnalysesHolding that preliminary injunctions "may only be awarded upon a clear showing that the plaintiff is entitled to such relief"
University of Texas v. Camenisch
451 U.S. 390 (1981) Cited 3,228 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that "the question whether a preliminary injunction should have been issued . . . is moot . . . [where] the terms of the injunction . . . have been fully and irrevocably carried out."
Sampson v. Murray
415 U.S. 61 (1974) Cited 2,091 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that possibility of backpay obviates risk of irreparable harm
In re DeLorean Motor Co.
755 F.2d 1223 (6th Cir. 1985) Cited 797 timesFinding that "Rule 52 requires a district court to make specific findings concerning each of these four factors, unless fewer are dispositive of the issue"
Frisch's Restaurant, Inc. v. Shoney's Inc.
759 F.2d 1261 (6th Cir. 1985) Cited 387 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that Shoney's use of the phrase “Big Boy” in the name of its restaurants did not render the phrase confusingly similar to Frisch's own Big Boy restaurants, in part because “[b]y emphasizing ‘Shoney's Big Boy Restaurants,’ as it did in its advertising, Shoney's has identified itself as the source of the services”
Friendship Materials, Inc. v. Michigan Brick
679 F.2d 100 (6th Cir. 1982) Cited 414 timesHolding that a "district court abuses its discretion when it grants a preliminary injunction without making specific findings of irreparable injury to the party seeking the injunction, and such an injunction must be vacated on appeal"
Ardister v. Mansour
627 F. Supp. 641 (W.D. Mich. 1986) Cited 30 timesUpholding the Secretary's interpretation
Phillips v. Mich. Dept. of Corrections
731 F. Supp. 792 (W.D. Mich. 1990) Cited 24 timesGranting preliminary injunction ordering correctional officials to provide plaintiff with estrogen therapy where plaintiff was a transsexual; crossdressed, lived as a woman, and received estrogen treatment since she was 17; underwent several surgeries and procedures to enhance her feminine appearance; and defendants' failure to provide any medical treatment actually reversed the therapeutic effects of years of healing estrogen treatment
Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders
Fed. R. Civ. P. 65 Cited 23,812 times 91 Legal AnalysesRecognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice