Legal Opinion
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided February 18, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2:13-CV-2136-WMAPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILLIAM M. ACKER, JR., District Judge.
Plaintiffs in the above-entitled action are asking this court to waive the surety bond required by Rule 65(c), Fed.R.Civ.P., as a prerequisite to the entry of a preliminary injunction.
During its 31 years on the bench, this court has never waived the bond required by Rule 65(c), or reduced it to a nominal amount, and it has never been asked to do so. This, then, is a ease of first impression for this court. Because an injunction would cause great economic harm to some of the parties sought to be enjoined, this court now echoes and adopts…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Black Warrior Minerals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
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