· 2/23/1994
Hughes Network Systems, Incorporated v. Interdigital Communications Corporation, Formerly Known as International Mobile MacHines Corporation
Citations
- 17 F.3d 691
- 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 3135
- 1994 WL 51931
How courts have described this case
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- holding that purely monetary losses do not give rise to “irreparable harm” absent extraordinary circumstances
- noting that an injunction could be appropriate in situations of insolvency and where assets were in danger of dissolution and depletion
- noting that an injunction could be appropriate in situations of insolvency and where assets were in danger of dissolution and depletion
- noting that the balance of the equities is “reached by comparing the relevant harms to the plaintiff and defendant”
- noting that an injunction could be appropriate in situations of insolvency and where assets were in danger of dissolution and depletion
- noting that “irreparable harm may . . . exist where the moving party’s business cannot survive absent a preliminary injunction”
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Judges: Wilkinson, Williams, Merhige, Eastern, Virginia
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