United States Eighth Circuit

In a dispute involving a change to a dealership agreement, district court's denial of plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction is affirmed where the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the preliminary injunction enjoining defendant from consolidating its dealerships into a single facility, as the plan would not cause the plaintiff irreparable harm but would cause significant harm to the defendant and the public interest. The case is remanded to the district court with instructions to conduct an early trial in order to limit the economic harm.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2009
• Published 04/16/2009

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey Jay Jones, argued, Columbus, OH, William L. Killion and Kerry L. Bundy, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert L. DeMay, argued, Curtis D. Ripley and Jacob B. Sellers, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.