Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an interlocutory or final judgment in an action for an injunction or in a receivership action shall not be stayed during the period after its entry and until an appeal is taken or during the pendency of an appeal.
Some jurisdictions may require the party seeking equitable relief to post a bond or other security prior to granting such relief. The purpose of this requirement is to protect the party against which equitable relief is sought in the event it is ultimately determined that such relief was not appropriate.
There are essentially two conditions requested for mandatory injunctions: (a) the defendant must be obliged to perform an act and any such breach of the obliged act must be claimed by the plaintiff; (b) the reliefs, as asked for, must be enforceable by the court.
In Georgia, most appeals go to the Georgia Court of Appeals, but appeals of capital cases go straight to the Georgia Supreme Court. Appellate courts only sometimes overturn lower court decisions. An appellant must follow specific procedures and prove particular grounds for their appeal to be granted.
If a researcher cites to an unreported case, Georgia Supreme Court Rule 22 requires researchers to cite to the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals case number and decision date.
Injunctions remain widely used to require government officials to comply with the Constitution, and they are also frequently used in private law disputes about intellectual property, real property, and contracts.
Rule 30 of Georgia Court of Appeals Rules details interlocutory applications. Applications must meet the following requirements: The appeal must be filed within ten days of entry of the trial court's order granting the certificate of immediate review.
Filing an appeal lets you have a court order modified, overturned, or sent back to the lower court for a retrial. Appeals are granted by a higher appellate court, and there are specific rules that need to be considered. A “stay” occurs when the court order is paused so it doesn't go into effect during the appeal.
What Is an Example of Injunctive Relief? Theft of Clients: If a former employee poaches a company's clients, the innocent party may try to stop the former client from causing further damage. Breach of Contract: Injunctive relief is an effective way to stop an offending party from continuing to breach a contract.
Although the test for obtaining a TRO or PI may vary slightly across jurisdictions, generally a plaintiff seeking preliminary injunctive relief must satisfy a four-factor test: (1) that he or she is likely to succeed on the merits of his claims; (2) that he or she is likely to suffer irreparable harm without ...