Does a court of equity having jurisdiction of the person of defendant have jurisdiction to enforce an injunction?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Hill v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, 1 Cal.App.4th 1398, 273 Cal.Rptr. 402 (Cal. App. 1990):

" ' "[A] court of equity having jurisdiction of the person of defendant may render any appropriate decree acting directly on the person, even though the subject matter affected is outside the jurisdiction, a court having jurisdiction of the parties may grant and enforce an injunction, although the subject matter affected is beyond its territorial jurisdiction, or requires defendant to do or refrain from doing anything beyond its territorial jurisdiction which it could require him to do or refrain from doing within the jurisdiction." [Citation.]' [Citation.]" (Pines v. Tomson (1984) 160 Cal.App.3d 370, 399-400, 206 Cal.Rptr. 866.)

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