© 2005 by Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. CALIFORNIA CIVIL LITIGATION PROVISIONAL REMEDIES AND EXTRAORDINARY WRITS © 2005 by Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved.

PROVISIONAL REMEDIES— protect rights of litigant pending final resolution.

PROVISIONAL REMEDIES Include: Injunctions Receiverships Claim & Delivery Attachment

INJUNCTIONS Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs): immediate order expires in days Preliminary Injunctions: maintains status quo until trial Permanent Injunctions: final judgment may include orders

INJUNCTIONS Level of proof increases at each level Bond may be required until trial* Preference on trial calendar * required in federal court

INJUNCTION ISSUES Is legal remedy adequate? Administrative remedies exhausted? Irreparable injury if not granted?

RECEIVERS Appointed by court to manage business pending trial Have specific powers ordered by court Expensive but effective Granted on noticed motion

CLAIM AND DELIVERY— allows complainant to take possession of personalty pending resolution of dispute.

CLAIM AND DELIVERY Obtained by Noticed motion TRO Ex parte motion

CLAIM AND DELIVERY May require a bond Enforced by sheriff

ATTACHMENT Allows complainant possession of defendant's assets pending resolution Limited to commercial disputes Process similar to claim and delivery

EXTRAORDINARY WRITS Mandamus Administrative mandamus Prohibition Certiorari

MANDAMUS— writ requires lower court or tribunal to comply with rules or laws.

MANDAMUS Three levels: Peremptory writ: immediate Alternative writ: if cause to deny not shown Permanent writ: final judgment

ADMINIISTRATIVE MANDAMUS— writ sought against administrative agency. Requires exhaustion of administrative remedies record of administrative process

PROHIBITION— writ prevents lesser tribunal from exceeding authority.

CERTIORARI— writ sought to obtain review of higher tribunal of past act of lesser.

SUMMARY Provisional Remedies to Manage Cases During Disputes, Writs to Obtain Orders of Court