Rantala v. United States

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• concluding that a statutory action granting a government agent the right to sue for in-junctive relief has a different history and purpose than an equitable action for injunctive relief
• holding that injunctions should be granted in actions brought by the Director of the Ohio Department of Health under R.C. 3721.08 so long as the statutory conditions are met
• it is inappropriate to balance equities when a statute authorizes the government to enjoin harmful activity “to prevent harm to the general public”
• where an injunction is authorized by stat ute designed to provide a government agent means to enforce public policy, no balancing of equities is necessary
• such statutes are designed by the legislature to benefit society by proscribing behavior which the legislature has determined to be contra to the public interest
• statutory injunction to benefit society by proscribing behavior which the legislature finds is against the public interest

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