Nationwide Preliminary Injunctions
Overview of Court-Ordered Legal Remedies
Nationwide injunctions are also sometimes called national injunctions, universal injunctions, non-party injunctions, non particularized injunctions or even cosmic injunctions. Some of those terms suggest that the geographic reach of a court order is what defines a nationwide injunction. However, the defining feature of a nationwide injunction is not its geographic scope but rather the entities to which it applies. Overview of Injunctive Relief To understand the debate around nationwide injunctions, it is helpful to begin with a general overview of injunctive relief. An injunction is a form of equitable relief — essentially a court-ordered remedy providing relief other than money…
