Disobedience of or resistance to a temporary restraining order or preliminary or final injunction is punishable as a contempt of court. The court may cause to be undone or destroyed whatever may be done in violation of an injunction, and the person aggrieved thereby may recover the damages sustained as a result of the violation.
Art. 3611.Penalty For Disobedience; Damages
Book VII. Special Proceedings · Title I. Provisional Remedies · Chapter 2. Injunction · Amendment history unavailable · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 3611 makes disobedience of or resistance to a temporary restraining order or preliminary or final injunction punishable as contempt of court, lets the court undo or destroy anything done in violation of the order, and lets the aggrieved person recover damages caused by the violation.
Full Text of Art. 3611
Plain-English Summary
An injunction only matters if disobeying it carries real consequences. Article 3611 supplies those consequences across all three tiers of Louisiana injunctive relief: a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, and a final injunction. Disobeying or resisting any of them is punishable as contempt of court, the same authority a court uses to enforce compliance with its other orders and processes.
Contempt is not the only tool the article gives the court. If a party goes ahead and does something the order prohibited, the court can order that action undone or destroyed, restoring things closer to how they should have remained had the order been obeyed.
The aggrieved person, meaning whoever the order was meant to protect, also gets a direct damages remedy for whatever harm the violation caused. That remedy stands apart from the wrongful-issuance damages available under Article 3608, which run the other direction, compensating a party restrained by an order that should never have issued in the first place.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if someone violates a Louisiana injunction or restraining order?
It is punishable as contempt of court under Article 3611, and applies to a temporary restraining order and to a preliminary or final injunction alike.
Can a court undo something done in violation of an injunction?
Yes. Article 3611 lets the court cause whatever was done in violation of the injunction to be undone or destroyed.
Can the person protected by the injunction recover damages for a violation?
Yes. Article 3611 lets the aggrieved person recover the damages sustained as a result of the violation.
How is this different from the damages remedy in Article 3608?
Article 3608 compensates a party wrongly restrained by an order that should not have issued. Article 3611 compensates the protected party when the restrained party disobeys a valid order.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
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