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“Nationwide” Injunctions Are Really “Universal” Injunctions And They Are Never Appropriate, Howard Wasserman Jan 2018

“Nationwide” Injunctions Are Really “Universal” Injunctions And They Are Never Appropriate, Howard Wasserman

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Federal district courts are routinely issuing broad injunctions prohibiting the federal government from enforcing constitutionally invalid laws, regulations, and policies on immigration and immigration-adjacent issues. Styled “nationwide injunctions,” they prohibit enforcement of the challenges laws not only against the named plaintiffs, but against all people and entities everywhere.

The first problem with these injunctions is one of nomenclature. “Nationwide” suggests something about the “where” of the injunction, the geographic scope in which it protects. The better term is “universal injunction,” which captures the real controversy over the “who” of the injunction, as courts purport to protect the universe of all …


The Inadequate Remedy At Law Prerequisite For An Injunction, Doug R. Rendleman Apr 1981

The Inadequate Remedy At Law Prerequisite For An Injunction, Doug R. Rendleman

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Compensatory Contempt: Plaintiff's Remedy When A Defendant Violates An Injunction, Doug R. Rendleman Jan 1980

Compensatory Contempt: Plaintiff's Remedy When A Defendant Violates An Injunction, Doug R. Rendleman

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Prospective Remedies In Constitutional Adjudication, Doug R. Rendleman Jan 1976

Prospective Remedies In Constitutional Adjudication, Doug R. Rendleman

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