Generally, under Illinois law, a plaintiff must present evidence in support of four factors before a court will issue a TRO or other form of injunction: (1) the plaintiff possesses a clearly ascertainable right in need of protection, (2) there is a likelihood that the plaintiff will succeed on the merits, (3) the ...
It is a judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action, threatening, invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act. Perpetual injunction means permanently restraining a person to do or not to do any act.
PRACTICE TIP: Permanent injunctions are often not truly “permanent.” They can be for a set duration, such as five or twenty years.
An injunction or temporary restraining order is an order from the court prohibiting a party from performing or ordering a specified act, either temporarily or permanently.
For example, in addition to making a financial judgment against a defendant, a court might issue a permanent injunction ordering that the defendant does not participate in a certain activity or business.
If your want to lift the injunction, you have to file a Motion to Dismiss the injunctions and set it for hearing in front of the court that issued the injunction. You will have to attend the hearing and explain to the judge the reasons you are no longer in fear of the Respondent and why you want the injunction dropped.
To seek a permanent injunction, the plaintiff must pass the four-step test: (1) that the plaintiff has suffered an irreparable injury; (2) that remedies available at law, such as monetary damages, are inadequate to compensate for the injury; (3) that the remedy in equity is warranted upon consideration of the balance ...
In a suit for permanent injunction to restrain the defendant from interfering with plaintiff's possession, the plaintiff will have to establish that as on the date of the suit he was in lawful possession of the suit property and defendant tried to interfere or disturb such lawful possession.
For example, if a court orders the removal of a building or structure due to misplaced construction, then it fits the description of a mandatory injunction.
A prohibitory injunction is the most common form of injunction, and directs a party to refrain from acting in a certain manner. Examples of a prohibitory injunction are cease and desist orders such as an order stopping a bulldozer prior to the razing of an historic building.