Case Name: Frank R. LEU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN FIDELITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-07-20
Citations: 430 F.2d 672
Docket Number: No. 29476
Parties: Frank R. LEU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN FIDELITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 430
Pages: 672–672

Head Matter:
Frank R. LEU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN FIDELITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 29476.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 20, 1970.
Harry McCall, New Orleans, La., Paul J. Bschorr, White & Case, John M. Johnston, New York City, Bert Lane, Pensacola, Fla., for defendant-appellant.
Robert D. Hart, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., Joe J. Harrell, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before JONES, WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In order to protect its jurisdiction, the district court entered a preliminary injunction against the appellant enjoining it from maintaining an action which it had commenced in the district court for the Southern District of New York. It has appealed from the injunctive order.
The controlling principle has been stated many times in the opinions of this Court. From one of them we quote:
"The law has long been settled that upon review of an order granting a preliminary injunction, the function of the appellate court is to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion. We do not review the case in its entirety on its merits. [Citing cases] It is the function of the trial court to exercise its discretion in deciding upon and delicately balancing the equities of the parties involved." Tatum v. Blackstock, 5th Cir. 1963, 319 F.2d 397, 401-402.
We find no abuse of discretion by the district court in entering its in-junctive order. The order is affirmed.