Injunctions are equitable remedies distinct from monetary damages.

Evidence

The merger of legal institutions did not eliminate equity from the U.S. legal system; it merely placed law and equity powers in the same set of hands. Thus, in interpreting a statute or awarding monetary damages in a civil case, a judge is exercising law powers. However, when a judge provides a remedy other than monetary damages—such as issuing an injunction, a legal order to a defendant to stop or start doing something—the judge is exercising equity powers. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 178

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precise definition of law powers versus equity powers — core doctrinal vocabulary.
• XREF: connects to: Active trial judging extends into negotiating pleas and settlements between parties — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 568; Common-law courts award damages while equity courts issue injunctions — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 351