White v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Although the Texas courts exercise greater liberality in granting mandatory preliminary injunctions than do the courts of those states which adhere to the distinctions between law and equity, it has been said that such injunctions should be granted with great caution. Ordinarily a mandatory injunction will not be granted before final hearing, and not even then except under pressing necessity to prevent serious damage which would ensue from the withholding of the writ, or where necessary to effectuate the decree. In determining whether or not this necessity exists, each case must, of course, depend upon its own circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. Hale County