" Id. As a result, the court rejected defendant's argument that plaintiff had shown no. RULE: In making a decision about injunctive relief, a judge should balance the cost and benefits between the injunctive relief and damages.First, Collins will suffer irreparable harm without injunctive relief. The court retains discretion to deny injunctive relief for lack of irreparable harm notwithstanding such clause. Factors against an order for specific performance included: â–« plaintiffs failed to prove that damages would not be an adequate remedy;. Injunctive relief was the only remedy because no adequate remedy at law existed. Damages were insufficient to obtain the requisite relief.