Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Appeal from an order denying a preliminary injunction. It appears that the matter is moot, and that the appeal, should be dismissed. Appellant asserts that the findings that the trial court made purport to dispose of the merits of the action. That is not their effect. Ordinarily, the findings made on motion for preliminary injunction, even though they relate, in whole or in part, to issues going to the merits of the case, are not determinative of those issues at trial. (See Tanner Motor Livery, Ltd. v. Avis, Inc., 9 Cir. 1963, 316 F.2d 804.) We see no reason to depart from the ordinary rule in this case. Appellant, at trial of the merits, will be entitled to have new findings made as to all material issues. There is no need to order the findings vacated.
Dismissed.

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D