Daniel J. GATELY, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Et Al., Defendants, Appellants

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• stating that a demonstrated likelihood of success on the merits is a \sine qua non\ of preliminary injunctive relief in this circuit
• holding that deputy prosecutor in Hawaii did not 3 have final policymaking authority because her decision to prosecute a case was 4 constrained by policies made by the elected county prosecutor and subject to review 5 by the same
• finding that “a federal court cannot dispense with the irreparable harm requirement in affording injunctive relief”
• stating that \a federal court cannot dispense with the irreparable harm requirement in affording injunctive relief\
• describing the ADEA “ ‘escape clause’ ” that allows all “employers some limited flexibility to take age into consideration in business decisions”
• noting “the general principle that irreparable harm is subject to a sliding scale analysis, such that the showing of irreparable harm required of a plaintiff increases in the presence of factors … which cut against a court‟s traditional authority to issue equitable relief”

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