U.S. Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 22, 2019
National injunction standard remains unclear after ruling
The standard for what makes a case “extraordinary” enough to justify such an injunction is not clear, legal experts say.
President Donald Trump / New York Times News Service
Last week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cautioned its district judges against too liberally granting nationwide injunctive relief to plaintiffs challenging Trump administration policies and to reserve the broad, increasingly controversial remedy for only "exceptional cases."
That guidance, given in a split motions panel ruling that limited to the circuit's borders the reach of U.S. District Judge $95
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