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Who, What, And Where: A Case For A Multifactor Balancing Test As A Solution To Abuse Of Nationwide Injunctions, Matthew Erickson
Who, What, And Where: A Case For A Multifactor Balancing Test As A Solution To Abuse Of Nationwide Injunctions, Matthew Erickson
Northwestern University Law Review
There has been a significant increase in the use of a controversial, dramatic remedy known as the nationwide injunction. This development is worrisome because it risks substantial harm to the judiciary by encouraging forum shopping, freezing the “percolation” of legal issues among the circuits, and undermining the comity between the federal courts. But a complete ban on nationwide injunctions is both impractical and undesirable. This Note proposes a solution to limit the abuse of nationwide injunctions without banning them outright. When fashioning remedies, courts should simplify the sheer number of relevant factors by focusing on three main meta-factors, or categories, …