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Restraining order

In his 1997 book The Gift of Fear, American security specialist Gavin de Becker characterized restraining orders as "homework assignments police give to women to prove they're really committed to getting away from their pursuers", and said they "clearly serve police and prosecutors", but "they do not always serve victims".


Douglas P. Woodlock

In 2008, Woodlock issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in the case of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson, et al., Civil Action No. 08-11364, preventing four MIT students from revealing weaknesses in the MBTA's "Charlie Card" fare system.

Terry Armstrong

In April 2003, he lost his job as a prison warder at Wakefield Prison after he was jailed for 28 days for sending sexually explicit material to the husband of his former lover - an act which was in breach of a restraining order.


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Chloe Jones

Denise Richards filed a restraining order against her husband Charlie Sheen because, according to her court papers statements, he did not deny involvement in Jones' death.

Mainline Airways

The program was canceled in June 2003 shortly after Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly obtained a restraining order to temporarily halt ticket sales for charter flights that were to begin in July 2003 and filed a lawsuit.

Prior to the settlement, Thompson and Mainline filed an answer indicating over 30 defences and over 10 counterclaims alleging improprieties and perjury in documents filed with the court to obtain a restraining order restricting sales as well as misrepresenting the terms of the order in the plaintiff Thomas Reilly's press releases, which incorrectly stated that Reilly had froze the company's assets and obtained an order to refund customers.

The Diary of Malcolm X

At a hearing on November 22, Judge Laura Taylor Swain extended the restraining order until a hearing can be held in January 2014.

Tri Energy

On August 13, 2007, settlements were announced with the Tri Energy defendants, defendant Daniel J. Merriman and his companies DJM, LLC, Financial MD, Inc., and Financial MD and Associates, defendant Mildred Stultz, and relief defendant Nga Wing Lau a/k/a Adrienne Lau with temporary restraining order and asset freeze against the Tri Energy defendants.