Telephone: (312) 606-3200. A declaratory judgment is a special type of lawsuit that allows you to seek a court order explaining the legal rights and duties of the parties to the suit.Case No. 2020COEL000021. Amended Order for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief. Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT. Amended Order for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief. The remedy of declaratory judgment is meant to afford security and relief against uncertainty with view toward avoiding litigation, not toward aiding it. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. BACKGROUND. On May 24, 2008, First Chicago filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against Molda;. Jones Day successfully defended and resolved a pharmaceutical collaboration dispute filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York.