Irreparable injury
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms
The U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court abused its discretion in enjoining the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from effecting a partial deregulation of Roundup Ready Alfalfa (RRA), a variety of alfalfa...
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Lopez-Freytes
The First Circuit affirmed a lower court order permanently enjoining several members and officials of the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board from imposing a $76 million fine on an oil company in connection with leaking underground...
In re SDDS, Inc.
The court directs a district court to enjoin South Dakota state officials from relitigating in state court issues that the federal circuit court has already decided concerning the permitting of a solid waste disposal facility. In ...
Diamond Waste, Inc. v. Monroe County
The court holds that a landfill operator is entitled to a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of a county ordinance that regulates the transport of out-of-county waste into the county, and the operator may proceed on...
Portland Audubon Soc'y v. Lujan
The court continues to enjoin the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from proceeding with timber sales in northern spotted owl habitat on BLM lands until the court decides whether BLM must prepare a supplemental environmental impact...