enjoin
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The order would also “permanently” restrain and enjoin Musk’s trust from violating the section of the Exchange Act that was the subject of this case, according to the text of the proposed settlement.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Court of International Trade to enjoin the tariffs so businesses don’t have to pay them while litigation plays out and later seek refunds if higher courts rule them unlawful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
The department argues that “district courts lack jurisdiction to hear challenges arising from removal proceedings or to issue orders that enjoin or restrain execution of removal orders.”
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
“Years of experience have shown that the Executive Branch cannot properly perform its functions if any judge anywhere can enjoin every presidential action everywhere,” wrote acting Solicitor Gen. Sarah M. Harris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
Some employers go further; instead of relying on the informal “money taboo” to keep workers from discussing and comparing wages, they specifically enjoin workers from doing so.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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The order enjoins the government from further review and use of these documents for investigative purposes, not for purposes of intelligence classification and national security assessments.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2022
“A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill” enjoins us to remember.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
So, will you join in the battle to give every citizen the full equality which God enjoins and the law requires, whatever his belief, or race, or the color of his skin?
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
“The court hereby enjoins Defendants from executing Keith Nelson until they have met the requirements of the FDCA,” Chutkan wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
It enjoins the invocation 130of saints as mediators, and permits the use of pictures as a means of inspiring and strengthening devotion.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Lloyd Stephens
State courts have deemed such strikes illegal, and courts have sometimes enjoined public union strikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
When they stop individuals with no reasonable suspicion, they act in violation of federal law, and a court in California has enjoined this practice.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025
"I enjoined the defendants from taking any action to implement the so-called 'Fork Directive' pending the completion of briefing and oral argument on the issues," said O'Toole in a hearing on Thursday.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
The state law also will continue to apply to California consumers if the FTC’s new rule is enjoined by a federal judge or blocked by Congress, Herrell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
But the swineherd calmly stood near Penelope whispering what her son had bade him tell and what he had enjoined on her.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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On behalf of UCLA, attorney Ray Cardozo argued that Carter erred in enjoining the school from using its baseball stadium on the property even though it was not a named defendant in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
“This broad displacement contradicts what B.P.J. told the court a few months ago — that not one ‘single person’ would be harmed by enjoining this validly enacted state law.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
I wondered: Instead of paternalistically enjoining Yolande to remain focused on her studies, what if Du Bois had engaged his teenage daughter as a young intellectual?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
Both complaints request a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining defendants from rejecting these ballots.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2022
When Christ cleansed the leper, he sent him to the priest, enjoining him to "say nothing to any man."
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
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