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Definition[]

Irreparable injury means an injury that cannot be remedied by damages.

Copyright[]

“[P]roving irreparable injury is generally not required in copyright litigation. Irreparable injury is presumed for the purposes of a preliminary injunction motion once the moving party has established a case of copyright infringement.”[1]

First Amendment[]

“The loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury.”[2]

References[]

  1. E.F. Johnson Co. v. Uniden Corp. of America, 623 F. Supp. 1485, 1491 (D. Minn. 1985)(full-text).
  2. Shea v. Reno, 930 F. Supp. 916, 935 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)(full-text) (citation omitted).

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