N.Y. CPLR § 6301

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 6301 Grounds for preliminary injunction and temporary restrainingorder § 6301. Grounds for preliminary injunction and temporary restrainingorder. A preliminary injunction may be granted in any action where itappears that the defendant threatens or is about to do, or is doing orprocuring or suffering to be done, an act in violation of theplaintiff's rights respecting the subject of the action, and tending torender the judgment ineffectual, or in any action where the plaintiffhas demanded and would be entitled to a judgment restraining thedefendant from the commission or continuance of an act, which, ifcommitted or continued during the pendency of the action, would produceinjury to the plaintiff. A temporary restraining order may be grantedpending a hearing for a preliminary injunction where it appears thatimmediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage will result unless thedefendant is restrained before the hearing can be had.