Rule 65.04 – Form and Scope of Injunction or Restraining Order

May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Minnesota

Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order shall set forth the reasons for its issuance; shall be specific in terms; shall describe in reasonable detail, and not by reference to the complaint or other document, the act or acts sought to be restrained; and is binding only upon the parties to the action, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and upon those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of the order by personal service or otherwise.

Minn. R. Civ. P. 65.04

Advisory Committee Comments–2000 Amendments
This rule is entirely new in the Minnesota rules; it is drawn directly from FED. R. CIV. P. 65(d). There is no comparable provision currently in the Minnesota rules and questions do arise about what is necessary to make sure that a party is subject to a court’s injunctive order. The amended rule is intended to resolve those questions.