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THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE, SUA SPONTE, TERMINATED THE LEASE BASED ON ALLEGED NONPAYMENT; AND THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION WHICH GRANTED PLAINTIFF THE ULTIMATE RELIEF SOUGHT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the judge should not have, sua sponte, terminated the lease and should not have issued a preliminary injunction. Plaintiff alleged defendant breached the lease and sought to enjoin defendant from using the land pending the outcome of the litigation:

The Supreme Court erred in, sua sponte, declaring that the Lease Agreement terminated due to the defendant’s nonpayment of rent … . There was no motion for summary judgment before the court, and the court did not afford the parties notice of any intention to deem the plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, for leave to amend the complaint, as one, among other things, for summary judgment … .

… [A] preliminary injunction may not issue unless the moving party demonstrates a probability of success on the merits, a danger of irreparable injury in the absence of an injunction, and a balance of equities in that party’s favor … . The purpose of a preliminary injunction is to maintain the status quo pending a final determination in the action or proceeding … and “not to determine the ultimate rights of the parties” … . “[A]bsent extraordinary circumstances, a preliminary injunction will not issue where to do so would grant the movant the ultimate relief to which he or she would be entitled in a final judgment” … .

Here, the plaintiff “failed to demonstrate that the circumstances were of such an extraordinary nature to justify th[e] relief that was granted pending the resolution of the action” … . County of Nassau v NY Youth Sports Network, Inc., 2026 NY Slip Op 03289, Second Dept 5-27-26

Practice Point: The appellate courts do not like “sua sponte” actions by a judge. Here the judge terminated the lease based on nonpayment in the absence of any motion requesting that relief.

Practice Point: A preliminary injunction which grants the ultimate relief sought by the plaintiff should only rarely be issued. Here the circumstances did not justify such extraordinary relief.

 

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