Hughes Network Systems, Incorporated v. Interdigital Communications Corporation, Formerly Known as International Mobile MacHines Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• 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”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

90 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Joseph Di Biase v. SPX Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-09-28· cited 254×
• SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd.
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-10-24· cited 132×
• Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. 6.56 Acres of Land
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-02-05· cited 97×
• Manning v. Hunt
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-07-11· cited 87×
• OAO Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2001-05-08· cited 70×
• In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2004-10-13· cited 58×
• Bannum, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2003-05-08· cited 27×
• Continental Securities Corp. v. Shenandoah Nursing Home Partnership
  W.D. Virginia· 1995-09-11· cited 18×
• Scotts Co. v. United Industries Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-12-23· cited 18×
• Imagine Medispa, LLC v. Transformations, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2014-02-26· cited 17×
• Holford USA Ltd., Inc. v. Cherokee, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1994-10-11· cited 15×
• Ameritox, Ltd. v. Savelich
  D. Maryland· 2015-03-11· cited 12×
• Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services v. Shenandoah Realty Partners, L.P. (In Re Shenandoah Realty Partners, L.P.)
  W.D. Virginia· 2000-05-01· cited 11×
• R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. the Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel
  E.D. Virginia· 1998-06-23· cited 11×
• Richard Lee Brown v. Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-07-14· cited 11×
• Schleifer v. City of Charlottesville
  W.D. Virginia· 1997-04-30· cited 10×
• Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc. v. Caldwell
  W.D. Virginia· 1995-10-30· cited 10×
• United States v. Fang
  D. Maryland· 1996-09-12· cited 10×
• Miller v. Northwest Region Library Board
  M.D. North Carolina· 2004-12-08· cited 10×
• West Virginians for Life, Inc. v. Smith
  S.D. West Virginia· 1996-03-11· cited 9×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sampson v. Murray
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-19· cited 1,904×
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission v. Holiday Tours, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-07-05· cited 870×
• Roland MacHinery Company v. Dresser Industries, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-12-21· cited 828×
• Blackwelder Furniture Company of Statesville, Inc. v. Seilig Manufacturing Company, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-02-16· cited 701×
• Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1940-12-09· cited 498×
• Hoxworth v. Blinder, Robinson & Co.
  Third Circuit· 1990-05-09· cited 384×
• Kershner v. Mazurkiewicz
  Third Circuit· 1982-02-01· cited 237×
• Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. v. Caperton
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-02-25· cited 180×
• Teradyne, Inc. v. Mostek Corp.
  First Circuit· 1986-08-01· cited 138×
• Morton v. Beyer
  Third Circuit· 1987-06-24· cited 127×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-14· cited 79×
• United States ex rel. Taxpayers Against Fraud v. Singer Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-11-22· cited 16×