Sec. 12. (a) The
department, or any person injured by any violation or who shall suffer injury from any threatened violation of this chapter, may maintain an action in any court of
equitable jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, or enjoin such violation or threatened violation. If in such action a violation or threatened violation of this chapter shall be established, the court shall enjoin and restrain or otherwise prohibit such violation or threatened violation, and in addition thereto, the court shall assess in favor of the
plaintiff and against the
defendant the costs of suit including reasonable
attorney‘s fees. In such action it shall not be necessary that actual
damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved, but where alleged and proved, the plaintiff in said action, in addition to such injunctive relief and costs of suit, including reasonable attorney’s fees, shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the actual damages sustained by him.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-3-2-12
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: shall mean the alcohol and tobacco commission or its duly authorized assistants and employees. See Indiana Code 24-3-2-2
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Formerly: Acts 1949, c.51, s.12. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.42.
