Word: enjoin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...liable for dangerous activity, such as flooding, that takes place on their land and affects adjacent land. The pool owner is exempt only if he can blame a third party or an act of God. Under "nuisance law." which amply covers swimming pools, the neighbors may also sue or enjoin the poolster from all sorts of annoyances-glaring lights, noisy swimmers, noxious chlorine, and bug-breeding stagnant water...
Injunction v. Injunction. Phillips was so mad that he put a $5,200 mortgage on his house to pay for the fight, and went to court again to enjoin the county from haling him into criminal court. Circuit Judge Joe Eaton ruled that the caboose must go and that the county should pay Phillips $975 for his trouble. Neither side liked that decision either, and both appealed. But the district court of appeals upheld the lower court...
...also establishes an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, which would investigate hiring and promotion practices throughout the country, serve as a mediator in informal negotiations between Negro groups and employers, and have the right to file suit against anyone infringing this Title. It would be up to the court to enjoin the employer or union and to decide whether back pay ought to be awarded. Senator Dirkson has proposed several amendments to the Title, the strongest of which would deprive the Commission of its right to file suit...
Marshall called this action "unusual," saying that so far as he knows, the federal government has never before tried to enjoin a state criminal proceeding...
...relatively cheap ($1,250,000) 1604 computer, thus enabling the company to introduce its solid-state computer on the commercial market neck and neck with the industry giants. But with success came new headaches. Sperry Rand, alleging that Norris & Co. were using pirated Sperry Rand trade secrets, sued to enjoin them from capitalizing on any more of the know-how they had picked up before the mass decampment. Norris' rebuttal: in the fast-moving electronics industry, there is no such thing as a meaningful trade secret...