Heffle v. State

Issuance of an injunction under the facts of this case is consistent with the classic *270purposes of injunctive relief: maintenance of public order and peace, and of the status quo, pending adjudication of legal rights.1

The federal district court’s memorandum order denying removal stated that the state’s complaint presented “only a cause of action for obstruction of a state highway under state law. Such a cause of action is within the jurisdiction of the state courts and not within the original jurisdiction of the federal courts.” State of Alaska v. Heffle, No. F79-23 (D. Alaska, July 24, 1979).…