Pretrial Injunctive Relief: Enforcing Pretrial Injunctions (Federal)

Summary

This practice note discusses how to enforce a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order (collectively, pretrial injunctive relief) in a federal case and covers topics such as the court's authority to enforce its orders; types of sanctions, including monetary, imprisonment, and fee-shifting; procedures to enforce contempt; distinguishing civil and criminal contempt; constitutional protections; and immediate and interlocutory appellate review of contempt rulings and sanctions.