· 5/10/1989
K-Mart Corporation v. Oriental Plaza, Inc.
Citations
- 875 F.2d 907
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 14569
- 1989 WL 47570
How courts have described this case
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- finding that damage to real estate, because of its inherent uniqueness, constituted irreparable harm
- upholding order for demolition of completed building and discussing the circumstances when equitable relief of that nature may be appropriate
- discussing “unclean hands\ doctrine in relation to the equitable maxim that \he who comes into equity must come with clean hands of necessity gives wide range to a court's use of 'discretion to withhold punishment of behavior’ which it considers not to warrant so severe a sanction.”
- “District courts have broad discretion to evaluate the irreparability of alleged harm and to make determinations regarding the propriety of injunctive relief.”
- party seeking to invoke laches should not “call ... attention to [its] left hand while surreptitiously pocketing the family jewels with [its] right hand”
- \District courts have broad discretion to evaluate the irreparability of alleged harm and to make determinations regarding the propriety of injunctive relief.\
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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Caffrey
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