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· 12/15/2008

Girl Scouts of Manitou Council, Inc. v. Girl Scouts of United States of America, Inc.

Citations

  • 549 F.3d 1079
  • 2008 WL 5206270

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “[a]s a general rule, interference with the enjoyment or possession of land is considered ‘irreparable’ since land is viewed as a unique commodity”
  • noting that “a preliminary injunction is an exercise of a very far-reaching power, never to be indulged in except in a case clearly demanding it.”
  • stating that a party seeking a preliminary injunction must show that traditional legal remedies, like money damages, would be inadequate
  • noting that “a preliminary injunction is an exercise of a very far‐reaching power, never to be indulged in except in a case clearly de‐ manding it.”
  • noting that one \circumstance leading to an inadequate legal remedy is when the nature of the loss incurred by the plaintiff makes it difficult to calculate damages\
  • noting that courts only move on to the balancing phase if a moving party can satisfy the inquiries made in the threshold phase of evaluating a request for preliminary relief

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Judges: Posner, Kanne, Tinder

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